China’s Defense Chief Li Shangfu Joins List of Missing Senior Officials

China’s defense minister Li Shangfu is reportedly under investigation for corruption and has been removed from his post. The general was last seen in public on August 29. Unnamed U.S. officials believe he is at the center of an investigation, according to a report in the Financial Times. Li withdrew from a defense meeting in Vietnam at the 11th hour last week, with Beijing blaming a “health condition,” according to a Reuters report citing unnamed officials. He was appointed defense minister in March and joins a growing list of senior officials to disappear from public view recently in China. He…