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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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China issues new rules to keep senior military officials in check

Beijing: China has issued new measures to enforce discipline for top military officials, state media reported Wednesday, the latest push in President Xi Jinping's years-long effort to purge corruption from the armed forces.

Xi's sweeping anti-graft campaign has gutted the top ranks, bringing down two defence ministers in the past three years and reducing the once seven-member Central Military Commission (CMC) -- China's top military body -- to just Xi and one other general.

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