Recent purges of senior People's Liberation Army officers, including Central Military Commission Vice Chairmen Zhang Youxia and others, have driven limited trader interest in coup-related markets. Official announcements cite disciplinary violations and corruption, while analysis points to policy friction over Taiwan contingency planning and Xi Jinping's emphasis on 2027 readiness goals. These moves have sharply reduced CMC membership and centralized authority, but no credible, independently verified reports describe a coordinated military or state actor effort to seize control. Rumors from prior years and unconfirmed foreign accounts have not met resolution criteria requiring widespread, explicit characterization as a coup attempt. The market reflects this absence of qualifying events through the current period.