{"id":66143,"date":"2023-10-24T13:36:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/24\/chinese-government-removes-defense-minister-missing-for-weeks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:54:24","slug":"chinese-government-removes-defense-minister-missing-for-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/10\/24\/chinese-government-removes-defense-minister-missing-for-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese government removes defense minister missing for weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAIPEI, Taiwan \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/10\/19\/china-more-than-doubled-its-nuclear-arsenal-since-2020-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">China<\/a> has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months, state media reported Tuesday. No further information was given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li is the second senior Chinese official to disappear this year, following former Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who was removed from office in July with no explanation offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li, who became defense minister during a Cabinet reshuffle in March, hasn\u2019t been seen since giving a speech on Aug. 29. There is no indication that the disappearances of Qin and Li signal a change in China\u2019s foreign or defense policies, although they have raised questions about the resilience of President and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping\u2019s circle of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi has a reputation for valuing loyalty above all and has relentlessly attacked corruption in public and private, sometimes in what has been seen as a method of eliminating political rivals and shoring up his political position amid a deteriorating economy and rising tensions with the U.S. over trade, technology and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/2023\/10\/23\/heres-how-to-fix-the-supplementals-shortcomings-on-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li is under U.S. sanctions related to his overseeing weapons purchases from Russia; he is barred from entering the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has since cut off contacts with the U.S. military, mainly in protest over U.S. arm sales to Taiwan, but also strongly implying that Washington must lift the measures against Li, which Beijing refuses to publicly recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement from state broadcaster CCTV said that both Li and Qin had been removed from the State Council, China\u2019s Cabinet and the center of government power. That virtually assures the end of their political careers, although it remains unclear whether they will face prosecution or other legal sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCTV also announced Lan Fo\u2019an\u2019s new appointment as finance minister, and Yin He\u2019jun as science and technology minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s political and legal systems remain highly opaque, fueling lively discussion of possible corruption, personal foibles or fallings-out with other powerful figures leading to the downfall of top officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with dealing with what appear to be internal political issues, the ruling party is struggling to revive an economy that has been severely impacted by the draconian \u201czero-Covid\u201d measures, an aging population, high unemployment among college graduates, and a movement of many of its wealthiest and best educated to more liberal societies abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having had his ideology, known as \u201cXi Jinping Thought,\u201d enshrined in the party constitution and with the abolishment of presidential term limits, Xi has structured the system so that he may stay in power for the rest of his life. 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