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A man scooters past security fencing outside Walter E. Washington Convention Center before the start of the NATO summit in Washington, on July 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China lashed out at NATO’s “smears and attacks” on July 9 after the defence alliance’s chief accused it of supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine on the…
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The image of Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a big screen during the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in Beijing, on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China’s national congress is wrapping up its annual session on March…
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China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu was last seen in August Beijing: The disappearance of China’s defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping’s rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement. The growing unpredictability could affect the confidence other countries place…
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Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu delivers a speech at XI Moscow conference on international security in the Moscow region, Russia, August 15, 2023. Credit: Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu has become the latest senior Chinese official caught up in swirling political rumours, with reports on…
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Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. government believes China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu is the subject of an investigation by Beijing and has been relieved of his duties, the Financial Times reported late Thursday citing American officials. The report came shortly before high-ranking diplomat Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador…
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