Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Gen. Zhang Youxia no longer is Chinese President Xi Jinping's top military general after being ousted, along with another high-ranking general, amid an investigation into alleged legal and disciplinary violations.
Youxia is the vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission, a member of the Politburo and second only to Xi as the leader of China's military, The New York Times reported.
Also facing an ouster is Gen. Liu Zhenli, who is the chief of staff of the Joint Staff of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Central Military Commission.
"This move is unprecedented in the history of the Chinese military and represents a total annihilation of the high command," former CIA analyst Christopher Johnson told The New York Times.
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