China's defence minister, who has been missing from public life for nearly two months, has been removed from his post, according to state media. General Li Shangfu was appointed to the role during a cabinet reshuffle in March but he has not been seen publicly since giving a spe...
China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months with little explanation, state media reported Tuesday. Li is the second senior Chinese official to disappear this year, following formerForeign Minister Qin Gang, who was removed from offi...
State Councillor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu delivered a speech at the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security on Tuesday, elaborating China's vision on the Global Security Initiative and reiterating the nation's position on the Taiwan question, according to a news release...
formerly Twitter, on Sept. 8: "First, Foreign Minister Qin Gang goes missing, then the Rocket Force commanders go missing, and now Defense Minister Li Shangfu hasn't been seen in public for two weeks. Who's going to win this unemployment race?
China’s Minister of National Defense reportedly warned foreign powers to avoid operating aircraft and warships close to the country’s territorial waters and blamed Washington for provocative encounters between the Chinese and the US units. Gen. Li Shangfu spoke at the IISS Sha...
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu gave a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, saying China values joining hands with the international community for greater progress. Wang Yiwei, senior research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies under Renmin University of China, says...
The Chinese Ministry of Defense (MOD) has released details of a meeting between Henry Kissinger and the Chinese Minister of Defense, Li Shangfu, on Tuesday, July 18. The visit, which had not been previously revealed to the public, takes place as the US Climate Envoy John Kerry is also in...
SINGAPORE, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu on Sunday urged the international community to work together to inject more stability and certainty into turbulent times, while talking about China's Global Security Initiative (GSI) at the 20th Shan...
China on Thursday expelled its former Defense Minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor from the ruling Communist Party over corruption allegations, state broadcaster CCTV reported, deepeninga sweeping purgewithin the top ranks of the military.
China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports....