China has been doing a lot of military purging for the past few years. Let’s see if this is a move to actually address the massive graft problem they have, or just a power play, reorganization with fresh people, totally dependent on Xi in terms of political capital.

Zhang was second-in-command under Chinese President Xi Jinping as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) – the supreme command body – and has long been seen as Xi’s closest military ally.

That sounds like a big deal.

Now they will join an opposition party and could pose a threat to the ruling party’s power.