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TopicLi Shangfu

Topic: Li Shangfu

Former Chinese defence & foreign ministers, missing for months, removed from more posts

Li Shangfu & Qin Gang have not appeared in public for over 6 months. Li’s name as a member of communist party's military commission is gone from MoD site. Qin resigned from legislature.

China removes defence minister Li Shangfu over ‘corruption’, 2nd leadership sacking in 3 months

Beijing is yet to name successor of Gen Li, who rose through the ranks of PLA to become defence minister in March and has been missing since August.

China’s third aircraft carrier is ready for the sea even as defence minister goes missing

Photographs reveal that the sheds and the decks placed around aircraft carrier Fujian during its testing phase have now been removed.

Xi’s men are falling off the wall one by one. Even extreme loyalty doesn’t guarantee safety

For centuries, dictators have used arbitrary terror, so no one knows for certain which actions might be punished, to what extent, and when.

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu under investigation, being removed from post, say reports

Li has missed meetings with Vietnamese & Singaporean defence leaders recently, according to sources. He was last seen in Beijing on 29 August.

‘And then there were none’: On G20 eve, US’s Japan envoy says China’s ‘missing’ ministers a mystery

US diplomat Rahm Emanuel says ‘Defence Minister Li Shangfu hasn't been seen in public for two weeks’, after ex-foreign minister Qin Gang & Rocket Force commanders ‘go missing’.

India-China poles apart on LAC situation—Chinese scholar after Rajnath-Liu SCO meet in Delhi

At Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in New Delhi, China's defence minister Li Shangfu told Rajnath Singh the LAC was ‘generally stable’. Singh said the basis of bilateral ties has 'eroded'.

China seeks to de-link border tensions from overall relations, nothing doing says Rajnath

Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu held bilateral talks with Rajnath Singh Thursday, where Singh clarified relations between the countries were premised on prevalence of peace at borders.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.