“Serious violations of discipline” usually refers to corruption and Miao is the most senior military officer to be ensnared in the latest round of Xi’s crackdown on the armed forces, which began last year.

A series of swipes at American companies show how China could take the initiative in a new trade war, using its economic dominance to exact pain.

China's state media warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump his pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows could drag the world's top two economies into a mutually destructive tariff war.

Donald Trump has already begun to ramp up threats of a trade war, with a vow to enact sharp new tariffs across the board on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China to strong-arm them into stopping the flow of drugs and migrants.