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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Xu Qiliang, former top Chinese general close to Xi, dies in Beijing

China-Military - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Xu Qiliang, a former air force general who was reportedly close to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, has died at age 75, according to the Defense MInistry.

Xu had been a vice commissioner of the body that overseas the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of China’s ruling Communist Party, during Xi’s first few years in government.

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