Fang, the former chief of joint staff, has close ties to disgraced top generals who are accused of attempting a coup.

Command over China’s armed police has been transferred from the State Council to the Central Military Commission.

The move helps Xi consolidate control over the military while avoiding a major backlash.

Xi Jinping further shakes up the military and consolidates his control.

With the creation of the SSF, China’s reorganized military hopes to foster integrated joint operations capabilities.

Chinese PLA Gen. Guo Boxiong and colleague Gen. Xu Caihou are most guilty of being politically incorrect.

Xi's quest to expand his personal authority over the Chinese military continues.

Guo Boxiong is the latest PLA 'tiger' to fall to Xi's anti-corruption campaign.

The Chinese military’s Discipline Inspection Commission is spending Chinese New Year checking out the PLA’s “style.”

China scrapped its seven military regions in favor of five theater commands.

In China's most sweeping military reshuffle since the 1950s, Xi Jinping is creating an army that is loyal only to him.

Xi Jinping just outlined an ambitious plan for military reforms, but implementation will take years.

Reforms to the People's Liberation Army will help the Chinese military emerge as a more potent war-fighting force.

Chinese leaders prepare to gather to chart an economic path for the People's Republic through 2020.

Xi Jinping's announcement of a major troop cut in the PLA caught even China's military by surprise.

Gen. Fan Changlong is due to retire at the 19th Party Congress. Who will replace him as China's top military official?