China Expels Two Senior Military Officials Over Discipline Violations

The removal of a sitting Politburo member and CMC vice chairman is a rare concentration of disciplinary action at the very top of China's military command, suggesting the anti-corruption drive has moved beyond mid-tier officers into the senior decision-making layer. For markets, the signal is less about any single official than about continuity of political control over the armed forces, which matters for defence-industrial procurement and any RWA or crypto exposure tied to state-linked entities. The open question is whether these expulsions close the current round or mark the start of broader turnover in the CMC.