Military Changes In China Indicate Challenges For Xi Jinping?
Do The Recent Military Personnel Changes In China Indicate Challenges For Xi Jinping? The Chinese leader Xi Jinping is losing the people who once supported him. Those seem to be disappearing, one of the high-ranking Chinese officials has disappeared recently. This raises some concerns towards Xi Jinping that he might be getting rid of them. Especially those connected to the military.
The most recent person who seems to have lost their status is Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who hasn’t been seen in public for several weeks. All this just makes it all more suspicious, and a senior US diplomat also mentioned this concern.
Reuters Later wrote a report that says General Li, who handles buying military equipment is being looked into for how he purchased such equipment for the Chinses army. After the disappearance of some important Chinese military people and officials from Rocket Forces that handle nuclear missiles. According to a BBC article, no official statement is given except for a causal reason like “health problems“.
General Li Shangfu missing for weeks!
The reason behind all this is that China is trying to stop the corruption in the military system. Also in July, the military asked the public to report the corruption they have experienced in the past five years. China’s leader Xi Jinping also increased the number of visits to military bases to check things out.
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