Since assuming power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has not wasted time enacting his unwavering stance against corruption. According to the Communist Party, around 182,000 officials were disciplined in 2013, while 23,000 corruption cases were tried during the same year.
The crackdown then intensified in 2014, with a seven-month investigation of General Xu Caihou, former vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), resulting in the arrest of the nation's most senior official during President Xi's tenure.
Xu was expelled from the military in October, after he confessed to having accepted massive bribes for promotions and favors.
Xu's fall from grace was followed by the arrest of former security chief Zhou Yongkang, who was also expelled from the Communist Party on Friday.
In the wake of the ongoing charges and findings of guilt in Xi's anti-corruption campaign, a high-ranking official of the two-million-strong People's Liberation Army (PLA) addressed the issue on Monday.
Standing before a symposium at which military officials were in attendance, the current vice chairman of the CMC, Xu Qiliang, called for deep reflection and introspection after the events of 2014.
By making his comments on Monday, Xu reaffirmed the instructions of China's leader, who has been described as "courageous" in state-run media.
Another member of the CMC, Zhang Yang, also spoke at the symposium, and declared that the Chinese military is undergoing a purification process.
Meanwhile, President Xi's crackdown on corruption, in which neither high-ranking "tigers" nor minor "flies" are safe, continues.