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Purges in the PLA
2026-11-14
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Text taken from the Telegram channel of china3army

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.:

[ColonelCassad] PLA PURGES
The third consecutive commander of the People's Armed Police Force has been stripped of all his posts. General Wang Ning (71, pictured) has been officially removed from his position as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and vice chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The decision was made on November 4 at a meeting chaired by Wang Huning. The reasons have not been officially stated.

Wang Ning's Biography: Wang Ning was born in 1955 in Nanjing, a "second-generation Red." His father was a deputy division commander in the Nanjing Military Region (NMR).

His father-in-law was Lieutenant General Du Ping, a former political commissar in the NMR. His maternal uncle was General Gu Hui, a former commander of the NMR. His career was entirely focused on the Nanjing front and the 31st Army. He rose from division commander to commander of the 31st Army. He later served as Chief of Staff of the Beijing Military Region and Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff.

In December 2014, he was appointed Commander of the People's Armed Police (PAP). In 2015, he was promoted to general and joined the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. In this position, he oversaw the 2018 reform, which saw the PAP fully subordinated to the Central Military Commission.

In December 2020, he retired due to age. In 2021, he became Vice Chairman of the Constitution and Legislation Committee of the National People's Congress.

In March 2023, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Since March 2026, he has ceased appearing at public events, including the "two sessions." He is the third consecutive PAP commander to lose his senior position in 15 years.
"Everybody Wang Chung tonight!"
Wang Jianping's predecessor was investigated in 2016, and his successor, Wang Chunning, was expelled from the party and the military in 2025. At the same meeting of the CPPCC Standing Committee, the following were subject to persecution: Shen Changyu (63), former head of the State Intellectual Property Administration and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Officially, he is "no longer a member of the Standing Committee"; his resignation has been accepted. The statement still refers to him as "comrade." Apparently, he "laid down his life for someone."

Zhang Jianming, chairman of the Sichuan company Mingyu Group. His CPPCC membership has been revoked. Yu Yanhong, former member of the party committee of the National Health Commission and head of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. His membership has been revoked. Wang Tongzhou, former chairman and secretary of the party committee of China Communications Construction Company. His membership has been revoked. According to Chinese media, he was "taken away in a crater" back in June 2025.

This is what Xi Jinping's repressions are like!
Posted by:badanov

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