PLA Air Force Chiefs Absent from Xi-Led Military Ceremony

Two senior Chinese Air Force commanders were absent from a key military ceremony led by President Xi Jinping this week. Their absence highlights the ongoing anti-corruption campaign within the People's Liberation Army (PLA). State television footage showed General Chang Dingqiu, the Air Force commander, and General Guo Puxiao, its political commissar, were not present. The Monday event in Beijing was to appoint new top-level officers. These vacancies were created by the military's sweeping crackdown. President Xi leads the continuous anti-graft drive. The absence of such high-ranking officers from a major event he presided over is notable. It suggests the investigation remains active at the highest levels of the armed forces. They are the latest senior military figures to miss important political gatherings. Observers see this pattern as a sign of the campaign's intensity.