Intrigue builds over China’s missing defence minister

Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. Photograph: Yrui Kochetkov/EPA/Shutterstock

China has remained tight-lipped about reports that its defence minister has been removed from office, neither confirming nor denying that he is the latest in a succession of senior figures to be pushed aside.…

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