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Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. The disappearance of this top official close to President Xi Jinping comes two months after that of now-former foreign affairs minister Qin Gang, and follows the dismissal of a pair of influential military generals.…

BEJING: A mystery surrounding the status of China’s defense minister is raising questions about turbulence within President Xi Jinping’s new line-up of loyalist leaders less than a year into his third term.

Li Shangfu, who has not been seen for nearly three weeks, is under house arrest, claims US ambassador to Japan

Taiwan suspects China is conducting drills involving the Shandong aircraft carrier but there has been no confirmation.

Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zone

Measures include making it easier for Taiwanese people to live and work in China, but the plan comes amid major military exercises

Taipei reports People’s Liberation Army operation, which comes after Beijing accused US and Canada of ‘inciting conflict’ by traversing Taiwan Strait

“AI is the single most consequential, breakthrough, paradigm-shifting technology in military affairs in 80 years,” he warned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now considering plans to fly to Jakarta for a very short visit on September 6, and return to India on September 7 just prior to the G20 summit, which begins on September 9. 

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