"They’re In Big Trouble" - China’s Top General Accused of Leaking NUCLEAR Secrets
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What is the significance of China's top general being accused of leaking nuclear secrets?
There's something going on right now that it's problematic. This is two years in a row, back to back, China's leaders are being accused of leaking secrets. Did you see this one story, Tom? Okay, so check this out. China's top general accused of giving nuclear secrets to the U.S. Rob, do you have the clip on that? Yes. Great haircut, by the way.
China's most senior general is under investigation, its defense ministry said on Saturday, in what is Beijing's highest-profile purge of the top brass to date. Zhang Youxia is being probed over suspected serious violation of discipline and law, the ministry said.
Why are military purges occurring in China this year?
He has not been seen in public since November when he held talks with Russia's defense minister in Moscow. The veteran modernizer was widely seen as President Xi Jinping's closest military ally. The 75-year-old was Xi's second-in-command as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. Foreign diplomats and security analysts are watching developments closely, given Zhang's closeness to Xi. His removal may also impact the commission's work in terms of command, as well as the People's Liberation Army's ongoing military modernization and posture. The military was one of the main targets of a broad corruption crackdown ordered by Xi in 2012. Eight top generals were expelled from the ruling Communist Party on graft charges in 2025.
The ministry on Saturday said Liu Zhenli, chief of staff of the commission's Joint Staff Department, was also under investigation.
Okay, you can pause it right there. He's gone.
What are the implications of Zhang Youxia's disappearance?
They haven't seen him since November. He's gone. He's not giving secrets to us. Why is this a pattern, though? This happened two years in a row now, Tom. Where are you at with this?
Well, I'll tell you. Spying works both ways, number one. And then number two, people have said for a long time that military leaders in China are are not like the military leaders in Germany. What was the thing? We were just following orders when they were put on trial, remember? I was just following orders. And they're looking at it, and there are military leaders in China that have been said that are disgusted with how people are really being treated. And every now and then, we've got spies over there. We've got things that we do over there. I mean, they're sending honeypots over here for Eric. SWA well. I'm sure the CIA knows how to send an OnlyFans girl or two over to China. It's the same thing.
How does this military purge reflect on Xi Jinping's leadership?
I'm not making a joke. No, you're right. It's men's weakness. And so the combination of they actually are disgusted by what they see as treatment of their people, number one. And number two, they're as susceptible to spying and to techniques as everybody else. And then they sit there and think, well, we're never really going to have a nuclear war. We're not going to launch these at each other. And I'll get a little bit of money or I'll get a little bit of this and I'll just go ahead and do it. Well, what happens is now. Why does China announce it is the bigger one. Why didn't China just keep this under wraps? That's a good question. You see, it's because what they're about to do to this guy. They want everybody else in the military to know what went down.
That's what they want. Otherwise, they would hide this. China never shows weakness. They lie about economic stats so that they don't show weakness. The only way they do this with this woman's voice and everything to let everybody else in the military know what's about to go down.
Humberto, where are you at?
Not everybody speaks Chinese. There's different layers. They can make an example out of someone and keep it inside of China. I think this can be a little bit of noise. We caught three spies in the last year, like three Chinese spies. Agriculture, terrorists being spies. Oh, the two in Minnesota with the poisons and the fungus for the crops. That's how it works. It's tit for tat.
What patterns can we observe in China's military leadership changes?
It's a terrible year for Timberwolves.
It's a terrible year. But... What I was going to get at is that they're in big trouble. You know, we've been covering like their aging population.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the significance of China's top general being accused of leaking nuclear secrets?
0:00–0:39
2
Why are military purges occurring in China this year?
0:39–1:47
3
What are the implications of Zhang Youxia's disappearance?
1:47–2:50
4
How does this military purge reflect on Xi Jinping's leadership?
2:50–4:11
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What patterns can we observe in China's military leadership changes?
4:11–5:36
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How do espionage dynamics work between China and the U.S.?
5:36–7:23
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What economic challenges is China currently facing?
7:23–7:38
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