China's ruling Communist Party has appointed new leadership for the defense body that controls the country's fast-growing nuclear arsenal, in the biggest shake-up of Beijing's military leadership in years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has replaced two leaders of the elite People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force unit, which oversees a nuclear weapons arsenal that U.S. officials say is slated to expand dramatically over the coming decade.
The development comes just weeks after the still-unexplained ouster of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who was replaced by his predecessor Wang Yi after going suddenly absent from public view for a month. The Xi government has not stated why it replaced Mr. Qin.Monday that Wang Houbin, the Chinese navy’s former deputy commander, will become the new head of the Rocket Force, and that Xu Xisheng, formerly of the PLA’s Southern Theatre Command, will become the force’s new political commissar.
Mr. Xi “has consolidated control of the PLA in unprecedented ways, but that doesn’t mean it’s complete. Xi is still worried about corruption in the ranks and has signaled that absolute loyalty to the [party] has not yet been achieved,” he said.
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