Recently-dismissed Central Military Commission Vice Chairman, General Zhang Youxia, waves as he arrives at the 2024 Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, China [File: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images]China has expelled two top military generals from the Chinese Communist Party on suspicion of corruption and other serious misconduct, becoming the latest senior officials to fall afoul of a significant anti-corruption push by President Xi Jinping.Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli “seriously violated political discipline and political rules, formed cliques and factions, and were disloyal and dishonest to the party”, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing official documents. No details of the alleged crimes were provided.list of 4 itemsend of listInvestigations into the pair were announced in January, and they were removed from the military in late August.Zhang was long seen as Xi’s closest military ally as second-in-command of the Central Military Commission, China’s supreme command body. Liu was a CMC member and the chief of staff of its Joint Staff Department.A military parade in Beijing, China [File: Ng Han Guan-China Pool/Getty Images]The expulsions are part of the president’s sweeping anti-corruption crackdown, with thousands of officials being purged and millions within the Chinese bureaucracy investigated. The campaign is among the largest in modern Chinese history, including prior removals of high-profile political rivals.In June 2024, Defence Minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor were expelled from the party as part of the crackdown. More than a year later, China dismissed the second-highest-ranking general and eight other senior officials from the military and party.The military has become an increasing target of the anti-corruption purges, leaving two active members – including Xi serving as chairman – on the formerly seven-member CMC.The Defence Ministry announcement was made days before the Chinese president is set to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington, and weeks before a key Communist Party assembly on internal governance.