China's ruthless purge of military generals has 'wrong-footed' Trump and shows Xi Jinping is prepared to go to war, a defence expert has told the Mirror after photos of a top-secret base emerged

Donald Trump has been "wrong-footed" by a huge military purge that signals China is ready for war, an expert has warned.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping fired top generals He Weidong and Miao Hua last month in a major reshuffle of the Chinese military designed to prepare the nation of 1.4billion for combat . Both men were accused of serious corruption, with nine top generals accused of serious financial crimes by the Chinese Communist Party.

Since then, bombshell new photographs have emerged showing major construction works underway at a top-secret military base in the northwest of the country -

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