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Chinas top lawmakers ousted nine senior military officers from the national legislative body on Friday, state media reported, a step that typically precedes further punishment for wayward cadres. Many of these were from the Rocket Force - a key arm of the PLA overseeing tactical and nuclear missiles.

China's top legislative body revoked the lawmakers’ membership during a Dec 29 meeting. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China named former Navy chief Dong Jun as its new defence minister on Friday to replace the last minister who disappeared from public view f...

Five past or current top commanders of elite PLA Rocket Force among those stripped of NPC role, Standing Committee statement issued on Friday says.

The removals are a sign Chinese President Xi Jinping’s nearly decadelong drive to clean up the People’s Liberation Army is still incomplete.

BEIJING--China named former Navy chief Dong Jun as its new defense minister on Friday to replace the last minister who disappeared from public view four months ago.

China News: China abruptly ousted nine military figures from its national parliament without explanation, adding to a series of recent removals that are raising q

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BEIJING: A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People's Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted corruption that could take more time to fix and slow Chinese leader Xi Jinping's military modernization drive amid geopolitical tensions, analysts say.

China has expelled nine military officials from its parliament, including four generals of the army's strategic missile unit, in a sweep...