‘And then there were none’: After Chinese foreign minister, now defence minister goes missing

Independent

By Maroosha Muzaffar

September 13, 2023

The whereabouts of China’s defence minister have been called into question as he has not been seen in public for almost two weeks now.

Rumours about General Li Shangfu going missing from the public eye have come after president Xi Jinping replaced a number of top Chinese government officials, including his foreign minister and two army generals who oversaw the country’s nuclear and missile arsenal.

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