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China strips generals, ex-financial regulator, politburo member of lawmaker posts
- China removed six senior military lawmakers plus ex-financial regulator Li Yunze and Politburo member Ma Xingrui from the National People’s Congress.
- The dismissals came with no official explanation and are seen as a new escalation of President Xi Jinping’s long-running anti-corruption campaign.
- Among those ousted is General Xu Xueqiang — head of the CMC Equipment Development Department and commander-in-chief of China’s manned space program — along with several theatre-command and service political commissars.
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