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Dong would be the third consecutive defense minister to be charged with corruption – and all three of them were hand-picked by dictator Xi Jinping. They all came from different branches of the People’s Liberation Army .
“Xi bucked tradition in 2018 by naming Wei, from the PLA Rocket Forces, to the post instead of an army general. With Dong, a navy man, Xi’s military personnel dons assured him the vetting was airtight after a four-month search. So Xi is left to wonder: what corner of the PLA is not corrupt?” former CIA analyst Christopher Johnson toldDong took the office in December 2023 after his predecessor Li Shangfu vanished and was later sacked for corruption.
The defense minister is also usually made a State Councilor, which gives them access to the premier, the second highest-ranking official in the Chinese government. Dong did not receive a State Councilor nod either.
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