Search results
Li Shangfu (Chinese: 李尚福; pinyin: Lǐ Shàngfú; born February 1958) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and former military administrator who served as the 13th Minister of National Defense of China and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023.
Oct 24, 2023 · The unexplained dismissal of Gen. Li Shangfu, the military’s top diplomat, came shortly after the foreign minister and two top commanders in the country’s rocket forces were also ousted.
Oct 25, 2023 · China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official...
Sep 15, 2023 · China’s defense minister, Gen. Li Shangfu, has been placed under investigation, according to two U.S. officials, fueling speculation about further upheaval in the military after the...
Oct 24, 2023 · China's leadership has formally dismissed the country's defense minister, Li Shangfu, about two months after he disappeared from the public eye, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday.
Oct 24, 2023 · China has officially sacked its defence minister Li Shangfu, two months after he disappeared from public life. No explanation has been given for his removal, nor has a replacement been announced...
Mar 13, 2023 · CNN — China on Sunday appointed a US-sanctioned general as its new defense minister. The country’s rubber-stamp legislature unanimously confirmed the appointment of General Li Shangfu, a veteran...
Sep 16, 2023 · Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who has been missing from public view for more than two weeks, has been placed under investigation by Chinese authorities, according to 10 people familiar with the...
Mar 12, 2023 · BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China named Li Shangfu, a U.S.-sanctioned general, as its new defence minister on Sunday. Li has been under U.S. sanctions since 2018 over the purchase of combat...
Oct 24, 2023 · China has removed Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who vanished from public view nearly two months ago, in the latest in a string of high-level purges of the Chinese military apparently related...
