What’s up with China’s disappearing senior military officers?
Li Shangfu is the latest officer to fall victim to Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive.
iridaniotter, 
China’s National Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been missing for weeks. Now, he’s under investigation for corruption and out of a job
Probably getting fired and/or arrested for corruption if I had to guess. Just a thought though.
ksynwa, 
Wow so you don’t think Xi abducted him in the middle of the night with the tractor beam on his spaceship
iridaniotter, If Xi piloted a flying saucer to kidnap military officers, I’d have no choice but to support him.
Rapidcreek, In Russia you fall out of a window; in China you just cease to exist.
espentan, Equally transparent yet less conspicuous.
InvertedParallax, Putin: “It’s about sending a message…”
Pons_Aelius, China learnt from Stalin.
He is famous for rewriting history and having people literally retouched out of old photographs.
Jimmycakes, Probably just routine cleansing. You can’t let anyone stay in such high power in the military in these types of countries. That way they cant consolidate power against the regime.
Pons_Aelius, Xi like all dictators is paranoid and getting old. He is angry that he will not live forever and killing anyone who shows any real competency.
Once he dies, the CCP will be left with the also rans who were too average to scare Xi.
Lemmylaugh, Disappearing doesn’t mean killling. It could just be forced retirement with an nda
zephyreks, Why kill someone when you can just force them to retire?
Anonbal185, Dictators seem to outlive most people it seems. Mugabe made it to 90s. Obiang is 81. Everyone is waiting for Putin. Xi could also join this club, if he starts hitting the gym.
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