China’s ruling Communist Party has publicly fired nine of its top generals, including the military’s second-in-command, He Weidong. The defence ministry announced on Friday,17th October, that the generals were kicked out of both the army and the Communist Party for “serious violation of party discipline” and work-related crimes involving a huge amount of money.

For the last 12 years, China’s leader, President Xi Jinping, has been leading a massive anti-corruption campaign. This crackdown has affected over a million officials across the country, from local leaders to the very top brass of the military. While the government says the goal is to create a cleaner, stronger party, many critics believe it’s also a political purge used by Xi to remove anyone who isn’t completely loyal and to secu

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