In 1757, a firing squad executed Adm. John Byng on the deck of a Royal Navy warship for “failing to do his utmost” in pursuing the enemy during a battle in the Seven Years’ War. As Voltaire put it, ...

BEIJING (AP) — China made a major announcement over the weekend, saying it was investigating the army’s top general for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Today in History: February ...

BEIJING — The downfall of China’s top general, second in command and once a close ally of President Xi Jinping, has thrown the leadership of the country’s military into turmoil and raised questions ...

The ousting of China’s most senior general has set off fevered speculation. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. Chinese politics is often a black box. Foreign leaders struggle to gauge what ...

The PLA is in a major crisis, with a level of leadership instability unseen since the heyday of the Cultural Revolution. PLA General Zhang Youxia, pictured here during a 2017 meeting with Russia’s ...

China's top general has been removed and placed under investigation for misconduct in Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest purge of leading military commanders. Gen. Zhang Youxia is being ...

China’s highest-ranking military official below Xi Jinping has been placed under investigation for corruption, a stunning upheaval that brings down the most senior figure yet in a widening purge of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Xi Jinping has doubled Chinas defence budget since taking office - Tingshu Wang/AFP China’s highest-ranked general has been placed ...

Among China’s generals, one had long seemed immune to sweeping purges of the high command in the past two years. Zhang Youxia, its most senior uniformed officer, was not just a personal friend of Xi ...

The ouster of Gen. Zhang Youxia, who was second only to Xi Jinping in the military hierarchy, marks “the total annihilation of the high command,” one analyst said. By Chris Buckley China’s top general ...

Everybody loves a good old-fashioned grim dystopia, and, between this year’s two Richard Bachman adaptations and the “Hunger Games” film slated for release next November, Hollywood is spoiling us for ...

We live in an era where the film franchise rules all. But even before everything in theaters was part of a comic book universe, the horror franchise was seemingly as undying as its antagonist. It’s ...