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"Analysts are calling it China's biggest military purge in roughly half a century: President Xi Jinping has placed his second-in-command, China's top general, under investigation. Also, the Israeli government announced today it had found and recovered the remains of the final Israeli hostage. And, seven Japanese American soldiers are being promoted to officer ranks, eight decades after they died fighting for the US."
"Analysts are calling it China's biggest military purge in roughly half a century: President Xi Jinping has placed his second-in-command, China's top general, under investigation. Also, the Israeli government announced today it had found and recovered the remains of the final Israeli hostage. And, seven Japanese American soldiers are being promoted to officer ranks, eight decades after they died fighting for the US. Plus, Japan is without pandas for the first time since 1972! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices"
President Xi Jinping has placed his second-in-command, China's top general, under investigation, an action analysts call the country's biggest military purge in roughly half a century. The Israeli government announced that it had found and recovered the remains of the final Israeli hostage, completing recovery efforts. Seven Japanese American soldiers who died fighting for the United States eight decades ago are being promoted posthumously to officer ranks. Japan currently has no pandas in the country for the first time since 1972, affecting cultural and diplomatic arrangements tied to conservation and zoo exchanges. These developments reflect significant military, diplomatic, and historical events across multiple countries.
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