Beijing: Retired general Xu Caihou, the most senior Chinese military official to fall under President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive, has died of cancer.

Xu Caihou, 71, a former Vice Chairman of the China's Central Military Commission (CMC) -- the highest military body that commands the all three armed forces -- died in a hospital yesterday of advanced bladder cancer that had spread throughout his body and led to multiple organ failure, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.