PLA mouthpiece hails removal of two top generals from CCP and Chinese military

Expelled Chinese military generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli (File photo) The Chinese military's mouthpiece on Wednesday hailed the recent expulsion of two top generals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), saying their removal would promote the “purity and honour” of the military and enable it to accomplish its missions and tasks.The CCP expelled Generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the party and military on Monday for "serious violations of discipline and the law."“The serious investigation and punishment of the two eliminated a major hidden political danger for the party and the military and constitutes a major victory in the military’s tough, protracted and overall battle against corruption,” PLA Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese military, said in a front-page editorial, referring to Zhang and Liu.“The PLA has thoroughly uncovered the lingering poisonous influences and accumulated ills, undergone tempering and forging from the inside out, which has ‘continuously improved the morale and spirit of the troops’,” the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted the editorial as saying.The editorial further stated that the “inter...