A year into his third term, Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader in decades, is attempting - once again - to curb deep-rooted graft that threatens his ambition of turning the People's Liberation Army into a 'world-class' fighting force able to go toe-to-toe with the United States.
China did not say why the previous defense minister, Li Shangfu, was removed from office in October after being absent from public view for two months.
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