Top Chinese general 'leaked nuclear secrets to US'
The downfall of Zhang Youxia marks the most dramatic dismissal yet in Xi Jinping’s purge - AP/Ng Han Guan
A top Chinese general ousted by Xi Jinping for a “serious violation of discipline” was accused of leaking nuclear secrets to the US, according to reports.
Gen Zhang Youxia, the operational leader of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is facing allegations of handing Chinese nuclear weapons data to Washington, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The 75-year-old was dismissed on Saturday. During a closed-door briefing with top military officers, Gen Zhang was also accused of accepting a bribe to promote a senior officer to defence minister and forming “political cliques”.
It was attended by some of the highest-ranking officers in the PLA. Hours later, Beijing announced General Zhang was facing an inquiry.
China is understood to be rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal - Zhang Lei/VCG/Getty Gu Jun, former manager of China National Nuclear Corp, which oversees both civilian and military nuclear programmes, was reported to have presented evidence against the general.
Mr Gu is also under investigation as part of a wide-ranging corruption inquiry into China’s defence and nuclear industries, Beijing announced last week.
Officials told Saturday’s briefing that the investigation into Mr Gu had uncovered a security breach inside the nuclear sector to which Mr Zhang was allegedly connected.
Gen Zhang has survived multiple rounds of military purges that have hollowed out the top echelons of China’s armed forces over recent years.
He is one of the few commanders with direct combat experience, having fought in China’s brief war with Vietnam in 1979.
Zhang Youxia (second from right), here greeting military veterans with Xi Jinping, had ben considered untouchable - Xinhua/Alamy Considered close to untouchable as a childhood acquaintance of the president, his downfall marks the most dramatic dismissal yet in Mr Xi’s long-running effort to root out corruption and disloyalty within the military.
Since taking office, Mr Xi has more than doubled China’s defence budget as part of a drive to turn the PLA into a “world-class” fighting force by 2049.
According to US intelligence, he has also ordered the military to be ready to invade Taiwan by next year.
In October, in a sign of mounting frustration over the pace of reform, nine senior generals were removed, including He Weidong, a former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC).
The latest round of arrests mean that the CMC is left with two members – one being Mr Xi. Every one of the six uniformed commanders appointed to the body in 2022 has now been removed.
Once central to China’s military modernisation, the commission has now been reduced to its smallest size in history, prompting analysts to predict that Beijing’s ambitions towards Taiwan may have been set back by years.
So he was leaking our own stolen information back to us?
I think he was leaking what Chyna's nuke capacity was, that is critical info & a no, no.
Funny....Slick Willy gave them our secrets in the 90s
You smell popcorn?
u/#fart
So, we them back now, are we safe now? 🤔🤨😎
I recon...they owe us a box of cigars and some heroin.
or at least dinner
Top Chinese General---Dead Man Walking!
"removed" *Deleted from the face of the earth.
I am sure China has dealt with these traitors, whereas the United States coddles its traitors. You could never pay me enough money for me to betray my country.
Opinion & Conjecture:
This is simply a pretext for continued purging of the Chinese CCP by Xi. If Xi is actually working with Trump and Putin to destroy the Satanic Globalist regime, he has even a much tougher, and more dangerous job than even POTUS. Because, while the Western Deep State has a hit list like the one that Killary racked up, the CCP (aka the Chinese Deep State) has a hit list stretching into the multiple millions.
Utterly ruthless.
Xi has been stepping slowly, determinedly, towards the place where the Chinese CCP no longer controls the country. Just like potus, he has to look like he is working with the system, not destroying it, until the right time. All the while carefully, in a planned manner, undoing the nuts and bolts that hold the system together.
Until that all reaches a certain threshold, the US vs Russia vs China narrative has to be kept alive.
But, internationally, who does DJT have ' a great relationship' with, and who does he criticize massively? (Hint: globalist leaders who are destroying their own countries, expecially)
We would be most desirous of command and control information. We know most of the rest of it. China’s nuclear capability would last only a couple of minutes if we so desired.
THE TRI-LATERAL LIQUIDATION: THE END OF THE OLD GUARD The events of late January 2026 mark the transition from a multi-lateral world governed by committees (UN, EU, WEF) to a tri-lateral world governed by direct executive power. The synchronization between Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Vladimir Putin’s asset-flip, and Xi Jinping’s military purge indicates a coordinated demolition of the "middle-man" system that has defined global politics for decades. I. The Board of Peace: An Executive Replacement for the UN Ratified in Davos on January 22, 2026, the Board of Peace is a "CEO-model" of global governance designed to bypass traditional international bureaucracies. Donald Trump, serving as Permanent Chairman, has structured the body to act outside the constraints of the UN Charter. The Board requires a $1 billion contribution for a Permanent Seat, a price tag that effectively locks out smaller, bureaucratic states and prioritizes high-leverage regional powers. While 35 nations have committed so far—including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt—traditional European allies like the UK and France have remained on the sidelines, citing the Board's threat to the existing international order. II. The Russian Asset Maneuver On January 21, 2026, Vladimir Putin executed a strategic move to secure a seat at this new table. He proposed paying the $1 billion permanent membership fee using Russian assets that were frozen in the United States under the previous administration. This move effectively turns "sanctions" into an investment in the new global power structure. By offering to use these funds for the Board’s "Peace Council," Putin has successfully bypassed the pariah status imposed by the old system and positioned Russia as a founding shareholder in Trump’s new organization. III. The Chinese Decapitation: The Purge of Zhang Youxia As the Board of Peace was being finalized, Xi Jinping executed the final phase of his internal cleanup. On January 24, 2026, China announced an investigation into Gen. Zhang Youxia, the most senior uniformed officer in the country. The Wall Street Journal reports that Zhang is accused of leaking core technical data regarding China's nuclear program to the U.S. This charge is bolstered by evidence from Gu Jun, the former head of China National Nuclear Corp, who was detained on January 19. By charging his closest military ally with "leaking to the U.S.," Xi has achieved a total "scorched earth" victory over the PLA’s old guard. He has destroyed any independent power centers and shut down the secret backchannels that Chinese generals maintained with Washington. The Central Military Commission has been reduced to a skeleton crew, leaving Xi as the sole executive voice in China. IV. The Strategic Summary The timing reveals a global pincer movement. Trump is using the Board of Peace to gut the U.S. administrative state’s influence over foreign policy. Putin is liquidating the sanctions regime to buy his way back into a dominant position. Xi is erasing the internal "middle-men" and military cliques to ensure that China’s participation in this new world order is handled entirely through him. The era of managed competition is over. The "Secrets" and "Corruption Charges" were merely the tools used to delete the old system. The new world is a direct, executive merger between the three major powers.
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