Chinese government expels Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli
On 2026-09-23, the Chinese government reportedly expelled Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army. The article presents the move as part of President Xi Jinping's military discipline campaign and says only two active Central Military Commission members remain, including Xi.
Metric Evidence
v2-2026-07-24Each score below is computed from the observables the coder read off this event, by a fixed published formula — not chosen by the model. Values and reasons are its own.conflict path: min(10, 2 + 2·log₁₀(deaths)), 0 deaths → 0 · other paths: anchored 0–10 tier
The government reportedly expelled two senior generals from the Communist Party and People's Liberation Army, an imposed coercive action; the article does not specify a more precisely classifiable form of expulsion.
mean(size, interconnectedness, irreplaceability) — equal weights, BCBS G-SIB style
The article describes changes to China's senior military leadership, but does not establish a wider binding institutional or international regime change.
No third-party commitments depending on this leadership structure are identified.
The report does not indicate that the affected institutional channel lacks alternatives.
mean(channel, coupling, breach, primed, 1 − containment) · 0 if channel ≤ 0.05
The reported action concerns national military leadership, but no concrete transmission channel to other systems is described.
No deadline, operational dependency, or lack of alternatives is reported.
The article calls the expulsions dramatic and historic, but provides no clear evidence of a breached prior restraint.
The article describes an ongoing military leadership purge, indicating some existing institutional stress.
No active mediator, backstop, or other containment measure is reported.
mean(claim_exposure, economic_bite) · 0 if claim_exposure ≤ 0.05
The event is a domestic political and military leadership action; the article names no specific traded claim or market-wide supply change.
No action is reported against a named traded claim; the article provides no evidence of changed cash flows, output, assets, contracts, or financing.
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