Tokyo | Chinese President Xi Jinping has promoted the military official overseeing his sweeping anti-corruption crackdown to the Communist Party’s powerful Politburo, as Beijing confirmed the removal of dozens of senior officials in one of its biggest leadership purges in years.
General Zhang Shengmin, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, was elevated to the party’s top decision-making body on Thursday night at the conclusion of a four-day leadership meeting focused on strengthening political discipline and loyalty to Xi.
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