article_snippet: (PLA) general Xu Caihou has died of bladder cancer, Chinese state media has reported.
article_snippet: (PLA) general Xu Caihou was 71.
article_snippet: Xu, who passed away at a hospital on Sunday, became one of the highest-profile figures in China's military to be caught up in President Xi Jinping's war on corruption last year, when China launched an investigation into (PLA) general Xu Caihou on the back of bribery allegations.
article_snippet: Formerly a vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission, the body which runs the two-million strong PLA, Xu was also expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and had Xu rank of general revoked, according to a statement from the state-run Xinhua news agency.
highlights_snippet: Xu, a former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, dies of bladder cancer .
  