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Beijing offered no explanations after the defence minister was sacked, but experts point to telltale signs leading up to his demise.

China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation.

Both ministers were believed to have been personally picked by President Xi.

General Li Shangfu was being investigated for alleged corruption in procuring military equipment.

China's Xi Jinping has fired his military defence minister, General Li Shangfu, just two months after he vanished from public view.

The defence minister has been officially removed after not being seen in public since August.

China removed defense minister Li Shangfu and ousted ex-foreign minister Qin Gang from its cabinet on Tuesday, state media said, in a major reshuffle of top leadership.

China sacks defence minister Li Shangfu; ex-foreign minister Qin Gang also removed as state councillor Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

The unexplained dismissal of Gen. Li Shangfu, the Chinese military’s top diplomat, has come after two top commanders in the country’s rocket forces were replaced.

China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation.