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Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu abruptly cancelled his attendance at a meeting with Vietnamese defence leaders due to a "health condition," according to Vietnamese officials. Lis absence, along with other recent leadership changes in Chinas military and foreign ministry, has raised questions about the countrys decision-making.

Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who has been missing from public view for more than two weeks, has been...

A unit of China's Rocket Force uncovered "shortcomings" during a field assessment of an exercise, the PLA Daily reported on Friday in a rare critique, suggesting gaps in combat readiness at the armed force overseeing conventional and nuclear missiles. Assessment of problems in the training and preparation of troops must be done "every day and every month" to clear up bottlenecks and difficulties, the official newspaper of the Chinese military reported, citing a Communis...

Washington has reportedly concluded that Li Shangfu, who took up his post in March, has been stripped of his responsibilities.

By Yukiko Toyoda and Yew Lun Tian TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Japan questioned in a social media post on Friday whether China's d...

BEIJING/TOKYO--The U.S. ambassador to Japan questioned in a social media post on Friday whether China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu had been placed under house arrest, adding to confusion about the state councilor’s more than two week absence from public view.

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

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‘It’s kind of shocking that in three months China has disappeared both the foreign and defence ministers. It reinforces how inward China has turned’

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is under investigation for corruption and likely will be removed, two U.S. officials said this week, in what would be the latest in a series of top-tier purges of B...