Yang Jinshan (; born 1954) is a disgraced general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

of China. He served as the Deputy Commander of

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between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of

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from December 2009 to July 2013. Yang is a former member of

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, but was expelled from the body in 2014. Yang was promoted to the rank of major general (''shao jiang'') in December 2005 and lieutenant general (''

zhong jiang Jiang ( formerly romanized chiang and usually translated general) is a general officer rank used by China and Taiwan. It is also used as jang in North and South Korea, shō in Japan, and tướng in Vietnam. Chinese People's Liberation Army T ...

'') in July 2011. Chinese media reported that Yang had close relations with

Xu Caihou Xu Caihou (; June 1943 – 15 March 2015) was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's top military council. As vice chairman of the CMC, he was one of the ...

, who is the former Vice Chairman of the

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and General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Career

Yang was born in Chengguan Town, Xi County,

Henan province Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luo ...

in August 1954. He graduated from

PLA National Defence University The National Defense University is a national public collegiate military university headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China, with constituent and affiliated military academies nationwide. Established in 1985 by a military order of Deng X ...

. Yang joined the

in November 1969 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1972. Beginning in 1969, Yang served in several posts in the , including soldier, monitor, staff, battalion commander, and

Chief of staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supportin ...

. From August 1995 to January 2001, he served as Director of Combat Department of

. Then he served as the Chief of staff of the 14th Group Army. He became the Deputy Chief of Staff of Chengdu MR in November 2005, and served until July 2007, when he was appointed Director of Armament Department of Chengdu MR. In December 2009, he was promoted to become Commander of Tibet Military District, he remained in that position until July 2013, when he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Chengdu MR. Sometime in 2014, Yang was investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, the military's top anti-graft body. The details of the investigation were not released, as is common practice with military graft cases. In October 2014, Yang was expelled from the Communist Party at the and ejected from the Communist Party's Central Committee. Official sources did not state the reasons for his expulsion, though Chinese-language media have speculated about his links to the corruption cases of Gu Junshan and

References

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