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Leader tightens grip over country’s military leadership with biggest shake-up in a decade

China's Xi Jinping reshuffled the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, which oversees nuclear and missile programs critical to the goal of taking over Taiwan.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuffled the leadership of the country’s missile forces in an apparent attempt to install more trustworthy officials.

This week, China revealed two new chiefs of its People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, in a surprise shake-up that has raised doubts about inner workings of the military unit in charge of the country's strong arsenal of nuclear, ballistic missiles.

The Chinese leader’s replacement of two commanders has fanned speculation about corruption or failings in the force that manages China’s nuclear missiles.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In the years since China’s leader, Xi Jinping, transformed the People’s Liberation Army, one of his crowning creations has been the Rocket Force, the custodian of China’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The force, with its array of missiles and launch silos, embodied Xi’s ambitions to elevate his country as a respected, and feared, great power ready to counter American supremacy in the region. But this week, Xi abruptly replaced the Rocket Force&#x2...

While it is unknown what prompted the changes or whether Li or Xu were reassigned to different roles, observers think the shuffle indicates potential worries about Xis leadership. It also comes at a critical juncture for the Rocket Force, which oversees Chinas missile programmes, ranging from nuclear-tipped weapons to the shorter-range missiles used in Chinas recent intimidation of self-governing Taiwan, which Chinas ruling Communist Party claims as its own and has not ruled out forceful annexat...

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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, also the military's commander-in-chief, on Monday (Jul 31) appointed a new head of the armed force overseeing the nation's conventional - and nuclear - missiles, one day before the anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. Wang Houbin, former deputy commander of th

Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and other leaders pose for a group photo with military officers who have been promoted to the rank of general in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2023. Xi on Monday presented certificates of order to promote two military officers to the rank of general at a ceremony.