China's top general ousted, placed under investigation in latest military purge

China's apical wide has been removed and placed nether probe for misconduct successful Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest purge of starring subject commanders.

Gen. Zhang Youxia is being investigated for allegedly committing terrible violations of enactment subject and authorities laws, China's Defense Ministry announced Sunday. The wide served arsenic vice-chairman connected China's Central Military Commission and was 2nd lone to Xi successful subject authority.

Another subordinate of the commission, Liu Zhenli, has besides been placed nether probe by China’s ruling Communist Party. Liu is the main of unit of the commission’s Joint Staff Department.

Their removal is the latest subject purge since October, erstwhile the Communist Party 1 of the commission's erstwhile vice chairs, He Weidong. He was replaced by Zhang Shengmin, a Xi loyalist who survived the latest circular of removals.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, besides wide caput of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and president of the Central Military Commission, reviews the troops during his inspection of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. (Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The unit changes travel aft President Donald Trump's medication released a caller National Defense Strategy connected Friday. The papers shifts U.S. absorption toward dominance successful the Western Hemisphere alternatively than a longtime extremity of countering China.

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"This does not necessitate authorities alteration oregon immoderate different existential struggle," the papers reads. "Rather, a decent peace, connected presumption favorable to Americans but that China tin besides judge and unrecorded under, is possible."

President Donald Trump's medication released a caller National Defense Strategy. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

The papers besides reflects Trump's ongoing vexation with U.S. allies for failing to adequately lend to their ain defense. It says the U.S. volition progressively expect allied nations to grip their ain security.

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"We volition prosecute successful bully religion with our neighbors, from Canada to our partners successful Central and South America, but we volition guarantee that they respect and bash their portion to support our shared interests," the strategy says. "And wherever they bash not, we volition basal acceptable to instrumentality focused, decisive enactment that concretely advances U.S. interests."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.