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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’s two top commanders with outsiders wi

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 Xi's leadership. It also comes at a critical juncture for the Rocket Force, which oversees China's missile programmes, ranging from nuclear-tipped weapons to the shorter-range missiles used in China's recent intimidation of self-governing Taiwan, which China's ruling Communist Party claims as its own and has not ruled out forceful annexation.

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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.