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Li Shangfu Removed as Chinese Defense Minister - Reports

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Li Shangfu has been removed from the post of Chinese Defense Minister, the China state-run TV broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
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Li was also removed from the post of a member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China at the sixth session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, according to the broadcaster.
Earlier in July, then Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his post and replaced by Wang Yi, director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office.
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