The Communist Party of China has dismissed nine high-ranking generals, NOVA reported.
Observers describe their removal as one of the largest purges in the army command in decades.
Officially, the nine are accused of participating in major abuses and corruption, but according to experts, the dismissals are political. They come on the eve of the plenum of the Central Committee of the party. It determines the path for the country's economic development.
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The dismissed generals were not just removed from their command posts, but were removed from the Chinese army. Among them is He Weidong, a member of the Politburo and second in rank to President and Commander-in-Chief Xi Jinping, as well as Miao Hua, who was the chief political commissar of the armed forces.