In its latest anti-graft crackdown on the military, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled nine top generals suspected of financial crimes, including the second highest ranking commander of China’s military.

According to a defence ministry statement, most of them were three-star generals and part of the 376-member Central Committee of the CCP, the highest decision-making body of the party when the National Party Congress is not in session.

Among the generals were He Weidong, who was the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the top military decision-making body of the CCP. He was only second to President Xi Jinping in the military’s chain of command. Notably, he was also a Politburo member.

The other generals were Miao Hua, the dirctor of the CMC’s political wo

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