{"id":2078124,"date":"2023-10-24T17:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-defense-minister-li-shangfu-fired-from-position-after-disappearance\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:28:41","slug":"chinese-defense-minister-li-shangfu-fired-from-position-after-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-defense-minister-li-shangfu-fired-from-position-after-disappearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu sacked following disappearance."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-defense-minister-li-shangfu-fired-from-position-after-disappearance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2078124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">China\u2019s Minister of National\u2063 Defence Li Shangfu salutes the\u2062 audience before delivering a speech \u200bduring \u2063the\u200b 20th Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on\u2063 June 4, 2023. (Photo \u2064by ROSLAN RAHMAN\/AFP via Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>2:15 PM \u2013 Tuesday, October 24, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>China&#8217;s Defense\u2063 Minister Removed from Office After Two-Month\u2063 Disappearance<\/h2>\n<p>Li \u2062Shangfu, \u200bChina\u2019s Defense Minister,\u200d has been removed from office after going\u200b missing for over two \u2064months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, China declared the firing\u2062 of Li with little explanation. However, Li has \u2062been missing\u2064 and has not\u2063 made any public appearances since August 29<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>He is now the second high-profile Chinese official to disappear in 2023, after former foreign Minister Qin Gang was fired from office in July with\u200d no reason. <\/p>\n<p>State broadcaster <em>CCTV<\/em> also announced on\u2064 Tuesday that Li was eliminated from his position\u2063 as\u2064 a member of the Central Military Commission, a strong armed forces group led\u2062 by Chinese President \u2062Xi Jinping. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u200bLi \u2064was removed as one of the \u200bstate councilors, where he\u200c held \u2062a senior Cabinet position outranking a general \u2064minister.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to remove Li from office\u200b was authorized by the standing committee \u2063of the National \u200bPeople\u2019s Congress, according to <em>CCTV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV stated that both Li and Qin have been \u200celiminated from the State Council, China\u2019s Cabinet, and \u2063the center of government power. This more or \u200dless ensures the end of \u200dtheir \u2062political careers, however, it remains unknown whether they will be facing prosecution or additional\u2064 legal penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Li,\u200d who initially became defense minister during \u200ca\u2064 Cabinet restructuring in March,\u200b was last seen delivering a\u2063 keynote speech in Beijing on August 29<sup>th<\/sup> and has\u2064 been missing \u200cever since. <\/p>\n<p>There has been various speculation regrading Li\u2019s disappearance, with \u2062some theorizing that he \u2064may have became \u201centangled\u2062 in Xi\u2019s \u2063anti-corruption \u200binvestigations,\u201d\u200d which\u200d signaled internal government tensions.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has consistently declined to comment on Li\u2019s \u2063locality, although it has been reported that \u2062Li was \u201ctaken away\u201d in September by Chinese officials for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, it was also reported that \u2064the United States penalized Li after\u200c China\u2019s purchase\u2064 of Russian weapons. Li is\u200b still sanctioned by Washington regarding this issue. China expressed \u201cstrong indignation\u201d at the decision,\u2063 naming\u2063 it\u2064 \u201cunreasonable\u201d and \u201ca mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has also frequently proposed that \u2062it won\u2019t allow the U.S. \u2064defense secretary to have the opportunity to have a meeting with Li unless the penalization is\u200c repealed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cUltimately, the supremacy of the party over state is what Xi Jinping \u2062has been focusing\u2062 on,\u201d said Alexander \u2062Neill, a Singapore-based strategic adviser, as the China\u2019s State Council now drops two \u200cmembers. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely a\u200b hallmark of his \u200cdistillation of power and control \u2063in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese Defense \u200cMinister Li Shangfu\u2062 has \u2063been dismissed\u200c from \u2062his post\u200c , Chinese state media reported.<br \/> Today&#8217;s resignation of\u200b the Chinese Minister of Defense is the second major reshuffle in the country&#8217;s leadership in the last few months. In July, China&#8217;s \u2064Foreign Minister Qin\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDKPUWdSGc\">pic.twitter.com\/MDKPUWdSGc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sprinter99800\/status\/1716801895245725751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2063 breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for \u200dfree. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200c \t\tShare this \u200cpost!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Latest News:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>DOJ Prosecutors are expected to \u200canswer questions on Hunter Biden probe this\u2064 week.<\/li>\n<li>Customs \u200bAnd \u2063Border Protection reports that\u2062 agents have recently arrested 18 people on the terror watchlist at the Southern Border.<\/li>\n<li>Arizona House Candidate Abe Hamadeh is calling on the Biden Administration to reclassify Yemen\u2019s Houthi \u2064Forces as a foreign terrorist group.<\/li>\n<li>Serious \u200bquestions are risen by top\u200c House \u2063Republicans about \u2062how Hamas is acquiring their firepower.<\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk \u200dsaid the\u2062 social \u2064media \u2062platform X will soon \u2063launch two new tiers of \u200dpremium \u2062subscriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin jumped on Friday above $30,000 for first time since July, taking gains for the week past 10%.<\/li>\n<li>Meta and TikTok have been given a week to provide details on measures taken\u200b to counter the spread of terrorist, violent content and hate speech on their \u2062platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Netflix increased subscription prices for some streaming plans \u200cas \u200bit shattered expectations for\u2063 new customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> \u200brnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does Li&#8217;s\u200d removal from office impact China&#8217;s defense \u200bstrategy and military leadership?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  China&#8217;s \u2064Defense Minister Removed from Office\u2063 After\u200c Two-Month Disappearance<\/p>\n<p>Li Shangfu, China&#8217;s Defense Minister, \u200chas \u2063been removed from office \u2064after going missing for \u2064over two months. \u2064On Tuesday, China declared the firing of Li with little explanation. However, Li has been missing\u200d and has not made any public appearances since August 29th.<\/p>\n<p>He is now the second high-profile Chinese official to \u200ddisappear\u2064 in 2023, after former foreign Minister Qin\u200d Gang \u200dwas fired from office in \u200dJuly with no reason. State broadcaster CCTV also announced on Tuesday that Li was eliminated \u200cfrom his position as \u2063a member of\u200c the Central Military Commission, a strong\u2064 armed forces group led by\u200b Chinese President Xi\u2064 Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Li was removed as one of the state councilors, where he held a senior Cabinet position outranking a general minister. The decision to remove Li from\u2063 office\u2062 was \u200dauthorized by the standing committee of the\u2062 National People&#8217;s Congress, according to CCTV.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV stated that both Li and Qin have been eliminated from the State Council, China&#8217;s Cabinet, and the center\u200d of government power. This more or\u2063 less ensures the end\u200d of their political careers, however, it remains unknown whether they will be facing\u200c prosecution or additional legal penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Li, who initially\u200b became defense minister during \u200ca Cabinet restructuring in March, was last\u2064 seen delivering a\u200c keynote speech in \u2063Beijing on August 29th and\u200d has been\u200b missing ever since.<\/p>\n<p>There has \u200dbeen\u2063 various speculation regarding Li&#8217;s disappearance, with some theorizing that he may have\u2062 become &#8220;entangled in Xi&#8217;s\u200d anti-corruption investigations,&#8221; \u2062which \u2063signaled internal government tensions.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has consistently declined to comment on Li&#8217;s locality,\u2063 although it has\u2062 been reported that Li was &#8220;taken away&#8221;\u200d in September by Chinese officials for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, it\u200b was \u2064also\u2063 reported that the United States penalized \u2063Li after China&#8217;s purchase of Russian weapons. Li is still sanctioned by Washington regarding this issue. China expressed &#8220;strong \u2063indignation&#8221; at the decision, naming it &#8220;unreasonable&#8221; and &#8220;a mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Chinese\u200d government has also frequently proposed that it \u200dwon&#8217;t allow\u2063 the\u2062 U.S. defense\u2064 secretary to have the opportunity to have a meeting with \u200cLi unless the\u2062 penalization is\u2064 repealed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, the supremacy \u200cof the party over state is what Xi\u200c Jinping has been focusing on,&#8221; said\u2064 Alexander Neill, a Singapore-based strategic \u2064adviser, as the China&#8217;s State\u200c Council now \u2063drops two members. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely a hallmark of his distillation of\u200b power and control in \u2064China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, China&#8217;s Defense\u200c Minister\u2063 Li Shangfu has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was dismissed from his position following his speech at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 4, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":2078126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2078124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}