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China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who has been absent from public view for weeks, is currently being investigated by Chinese authorities, according...

Li, missing from public view, was last seen in Beijing on August 29

BEIJING/TOKYO — Suspicion over the unexplained weeks-long absence of Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu deepened on Friday (Sept 15), as some media reported he was subject to a probe and a top US diplomat questioned whether he had been placed under house arrest. Li, 65, has missed meetings with Vietnamese and Singaporean defence leaders in recent weeks, according to sources...

By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

Li, 65, has missed meetings with Vietnamese and Singaporean defence leaders in recent weeks, according to sources with direct knowledge of the engagements.

Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan, posted on X, formerly Twitter, that Chinas government resembled the Agatha Christie novel "And Then There Were None."

Suspicion over the unexplained weeks-long absence of Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu deepened on Friday, as leading western newspapers reported he was subject to a probe and a top U.S. diplomat questioned whether he was under house arrest.

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Speculation is mounting on the whereabouts of China’s US-sanctioned defence minister, General Li Shangfu, last seen in public on August 29, in the latest sign of intrigue in China’s elite politics, considered among the most opaque in the world. | World News

As Li Shangfu becomes the latest of Beijing’s missing ministers, questions swirl about Xi Jinping’s grip on power