Current：Home > NewsChina appoints a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following sacking of predecessor -Trailblazer Capital Learning
China appoints a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following sacking of predecessor
View
Date：2025-04-17 16:10:00
BEIJING (AP) — China has appointed a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor for reasons still unexplained.
The official Xinhua News Agency announced former navy commander Dong Jun would serve in the largely ceremonial role, but offered no comment on the reasons for the switch or the current circumstances of previous minister Li Shangfu, who has not been seen or heard from since August.
The uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the world’s largest standing military comes as Washington and its Asian allies are offering stronger resistance to China’s bid to assert itself as the dominant military power in the region.
veryGood！ (9363)
Related
- Pregnant Kylie Kelce Shares Hilarious Question Her Daughter Asked Jason Kelce Amid Rising Fame
- The Second City, named for its Chicago location, opens an outpost in New York
- Woman killed during a celebration of Chiefs’ Super Bowl win to be remembered at funeral
- Coyotes look to terminate Adam Ruzicka's contract after problematic social media video
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Federal judge grants injunction in Tennessee lawsuit against the NCAA which freezes NIL rules
- Amy Schumer Shares Cushing Syndrome Diagnosis After Drawing Speculation Over Her Puffier Face
- What Sets the SAG Awards Apart From the Rest
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Charlie Woods, Tiger's son, faces unrealistic expectations to succeed at golf
Ranking
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- A Brewer on the Brewers? MLB player hopes dream becomes reality with Milwaukee
- Yankees' Alex Verdugo responds to scorching comments from ex-Red Sox star Jonathan Papelbon
- 2 Americans believed dead after escapees apparently hijack yacht, Grenada police say
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- New Jersey man acquitted in retrial in 2014 beating death of college student from Tennessee
- So many sanctions on Russia. How much impact do they really have?
- Vanessa Hudgens, Cole Tucker & More Couples Who Proved Love Is the Real Prize at the SAG Awards
Recommendation
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
Wyoming starts selecting presidential delegates Saturday. But there’s not a statewide election
Man guilty in Black transgender woman's killing in 1st federal hate trial over gender identity
Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Some Arizona customers to see monthly fees increase for rooftop solar, advocates criticize rate hike
Small, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD
The Fed may wait too long to cut interest rates and spark a recession, economists say