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At the onset of his unprecedented third term, Xi Jinping stacked China’s top ranks with a slate of loyalists who he presumably hoped would smooth the paths to achieve his grand vision for China.

Defence, foreign ministers missing from action

The recent disappearance of China’s defense minister Li Shangfu is the latest in a long line of mysterious absences involving high profile...

By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - The disappearance of Chinas defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the ...

The disappearance of China's defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country's top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping's rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement.

A top US diplomat has questioned the absence of China's defence minister Li Shangfu, renewing speculation of a possible corruption purge.

By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - The disappearance of China's defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the c...

The disappearance of China's defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country's top ranks,...

China News: The disappearance of China's defense minister, Li Shangfu, amid a corruption probe is contributing to uncertainty about president Xi Jinping's leaders

WASHINGTON/TOKYO - When a Reuters reporter asked a US State Department spokesperson this week about a sarcastic social media post by the US ambassador to Japan concerning China's missing defence minister, the reply was appropriately diplomatic. The ambassador, Rahm Emanuel, has always spoken in "a colorful manner," said Matthew Miller, restraining a smile, although he declined to say whether Emanuel's...