TAIPEI, Taiwan: The removal of China's foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping's demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party, analysts say.
State media this week confirmed that former defense minister Gen. Li Shangfu and former foreign minister Qin Gang were 'no longer serving in office,' but offered no details.The opacity of China's one-party authoritarian system creates huge speculation about why the officials left office and whether they will face legal censure.
They are your close allies, you've only just appointed them and now clearly something has happened that isn't positive for them to take such drastic actions and remove them from their positions in what seems like quite a hasty way,' Nouwens said.At the same time, some could see the move as a sign of Xi's strength, she said.It shows 'weakness in his inner circle, but clearly strength in the sense that he...
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