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China Boots Former Aerospace Academy Head From Political Advisory Body

What’s new: Wang Xiaojun, former president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), has been expelled from the country’s top political advisory body, state media reported. He is the latest in a string of arms and aerospace executives ousted since December.

The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) announced the decision during a leadership meeting on Monday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. It did not say why Wang had his membership of the key Communist Party organ revoked.

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