China's anti-corruption campaign has intensified with the removal of several high-ranking officials from their posts. Li Shangfu, the former Defense Minister, has been notably removed from the country's top military decision-making body, the Central Military Commission (CMC), and his name has been erased from the Defense Ministry's official website, signaling his fall from grace since his unexpected dismissal last October. This move is part of President Xi's renewed anti-corruption crusade, which has also purged senior officers within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Additionally, China's shortest-serving Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, has officially resigned from the country's top legislative body, the 14th NPC, months after being removed from his position, and has not been seen in public since. The vice governor of North China’s Shanxi province has also been dismissed from his official position for unspecified reasons, after a career at the Ministry of State Security and serving in Jiangsu province, further indicating the campaign's broad reach.
The vice governor of North China’s Shanxi province has been dismissed from his official position for unspecified reasons. Liu previously served in Jiangsu province after a decades-long career at the Ministry of State Security. https://t.co/LKZ62ZNZiM
China’s shortest-serving Foreign Minister Qin Gang has officially stepped down from the country’s top legislative body, months after he was removed from his position and hasn’t been seen in public since https://t.co/1cQ1KrB9RR
#BREAKING CHINA'S FORMER FM QIN GANG RESIGNED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 14TH NPC.
Bloomberg: "China has removed Li Shangfu’s name from the Defense Ministry’s official website, the latest sign that the former defense minister who was unexpectedly removed from his post late last year is in trouble." https://t.co/LtiAkhnHAc
Ousted Defense Minister Li Shangfu Removed from Top Military Body https://t.co/QYw6Nv2lA3 Li’s name has been scrubbed from the list of top leaders in the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission (CMC) published on the Defense Ministry’s official website
China's former Defense Minister, Li Shangfu, has been removed from the country’s top military decision-making body, marking the latest development since his dismissal from office last October https://t.co/hu7CN17Hif
China removea Li Shangfu’s name from the Defense Ministry’s official website, the latest sign that the former defense minister who was unexpectedly removed from his post late last year is in trouble https://t.co/nthVl4mx1Q
#Xi's renewed #anti-corruption crusade has purged senior officers within the People’s Liberation Army (#PLA), notes @kalpitm https://t.co/Poan95g17D