China’s Anticorruption Drive Takes Aim at Guo Boxiong
Impending bribery charges against Guo Boxiong are part of President Xi Jinping’s push to purge factions from the People’s Liberation Army.
Allen T Cheng
December 17, 2025
A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Friday, March 4, 2016. China's defense spending will grow at the slowest rate in at least six years as President Xi Jinping moves to trim the size of the military and the economy expands at its weakest pace in a quarter century. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
