China names new 2nd highest-ranking military officer

A key body of the ruling Chinese Communist Party reaffirmed the “core” leadership of President Xi Jinping as the head of the party and the powerful military, as it ended its four-day meeting on Thursday. It also appointed Zhang Shengmin, the military’s anti-graft chief, as the second-rank vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission.

The meeting backed a major purge of top military officials while endorsing a new 5-year plan to build a more resilient domestic market to ward off the impact of US’s tariff war.

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