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China suspends top military official, places him under investigation for c
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Admiral Miao Hua (69) heads the Political Work Department of the CMC. He is considered a close protege of Xi Jinping, and had served as a political officer in the army in Fujian when Xi was a local official there in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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China's Communist Party gathers to chart course amid economic troubles
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
This gathering assumes significant importance as China, the world's second-largest economy, grapples with a myriad of challenges including a property sector crisis, escalating local government debt, and strained consumer demand amid geopolitical tensions with Western nations.
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Chinese Communist Party expels two ex-defence ministers on corruption char
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The two expelled ex-ministers are Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who was sacked last year after going missing, and his predecessor Wei Fenghe.
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Xi continues his drive to purify the PLA and instill loyalty
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Xi is heavily involved in military appointments and promotions, supposedly of candidates who are reliable, competent and loyal. Yet with so much cash being splashed around in ever-increasing defence budgets, some high-up officers in the PLA have seized the opportunity to profit personally.
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US Defence Secretary holds talks with Chinese counterpart, first since 202
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In the meeting held via videoconference on Tuesday, Austin stressed the importance of keeping military-to-military communication lines between the US and China open, it said.
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China's former foreign minister Qin Gang resigns from top legislature, mon
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Similarly, after disappearing from public view in August last year Li Shangfu was formally removed as China's Defence minister and as a Central Military Commission member on October 24. 2023, but no explanation has ever been given as to why.
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China appoints new defence minister, but opacity reigns
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Even as Chairman Xi Jinping promised that Taiwan would be "reunified" with the mainland, China's newly appointed defence minister was making himself comfortable in the office of his predecessor, who disappeared after being ensnared in a scandal.
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China appoints Naval Commander as new defense minister after Li Shangfu's
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
China has named former naval commander Dong Jun as its new defense minister, two months after removing his predecessor Li Shangfu from the role, CNN reported on Friday.
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Top US, Chinese military officials hold first high-level talks in over a y
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
General CQ Brown, Jr, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, initiated a video conference call with his Chinese counterpart, General Liu Zhenli of the People's Liberation Army of China.
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Li Shangfu removed as Defence Minister after months of speculation
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
After months of speculation, China removed General Li Shangfu from the position of defence minister and state councillor, China-based Global Times reported.
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Crackdown on military in China points to 'harsh politics' under Xi's autho
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a dinner reception that took last week to commemorate the establishment of modern China had important military personnel missing from it, pointing towards an ongoing military crackdown in China, which has left Beijing's political circles wondering about President Xi Jinping's objectives,
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China’s list of disappearing leaders continues to grow
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
First it was China’s top diplomat, then the commander and political commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), and now the country’s minister of defense. The list of disappearing leaders just continues to mount, as Beijing draws a veil of secrecy over the obvious failure
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