Central Committee expels nine top milita • Table.Briefings

Screenshot von Tass — Last summer, Li Shangfu met Russian President Putin as defense minister. Now Li has been ousted – and with him, several other high-ranking military officials.

China’s state leadership expelled nine high-ranking members of the armed forces from parliament. This is part of a comprehensive restructuring of the military leadership.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party has expelled nine high-ranking military representatives from the National People’s Congress. They include four generals from the Strategic Rocket Forces, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

Central Committee expels nine top military officers

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