Taiwan monitoring 'abnormal' China military lead

Taiwan is monitoring what it called "abnormal" changes to China's military Leadership after its most senior general was put under investigation, and will use various methods to decipher Beijing's intentions, this according to Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo .



China announced on Saturday that ⁠Zhang Youxia, second-in-command under President Xi Jinping as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, ‌nd another senior officer, Liu Zhenli, were under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.



Zhang has long been seen as Xi's closest military ally, and is one of the few senior Chinese officers with combat experience, having taken part in the 1979 border conflict with Vietnam.



China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, sends warplanes and warships ⁠into the skies and waters around the island on an almost daily basis, in what Taipei views as a harassment campaign to get the government to accept Beijing's sovereignty claims.