China on Friday made Dong Jun the new Defense Minister.
He replaces Li Shangfu, who was removed without reason two months ago. Shangfu was missing since August and no information was available about him.
The appointment of China’s new Defense Minister has come at a time when President Jinping is busy upgrading the military.
Their motive behind doing this is to make China the most powerful country in the world. These efforts of Jinping have alerted the neighboring countries.
has been navy chief
62-year-old Dang was recently the Navy Chief of the Chinese Army. Before this, he had served in all the important divisions of PLA.
According to local media, during this period he has also served in the Northern and Southern Fleet. Apart from this, he has also been in Southern Command Theatre.
It is noteworthy that the role of China’s Defense Minister is to be the public face of the PLA in its engagement with the media and other militaries. However, unlike other countries, the ministry does not have much of a role in defense policy or military management.
what happened to li shangfu
In October this year, China removed Li Shangfu from the post of Defense Minister. He was appointed to this post in March, but was away from normal life since August 25.
According to reports, Lee was under US sanctions related to monitoring arms purchases from Russia, which prevent him from entering the country.
Even during his tenure, Lee did not meet his American counterpart due to sanctions. In particular, a key element of China’s defense minister’s work is to engage with the US military to reduce the risk of conflict over Taiwan and the South China Sea.