Xi Jinping removed general amid corruption investigation, US officials believe: report
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The removal of Gen. Li Shangfu from his China defense minister post follows the similar ousting of two generals from the PLA's Rocket Force and Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
The investigation into Li relates to the procurement of military equipment and includes eight senior officials from the military's procurement unit, which Li led from 2017 to 2022 prior to his appointment as defense minister. The military's disciplinary inspection commission is leading the probe. Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
"As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,’" U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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