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Aug 01, 2023 05:01 AM
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China Appoints New Leadership for Missile Force

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Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, Monday presented certificates of order to promote the commander of the Rocket Force Wang Houbin and its political commissar Xu Xisheng to the rank of general. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, Monday presented certificates of order to promote the commander of the Rocket Force Wang Houbin and its political commissar Xu Xisheng to the rank of general. Photo: Xinhua

What’s new: China unveiled new leadership for the missile force in charge of the country’s nuclear arsenal in a recent military shakeup.

Wang Houbin, the Navy’s former deputy commander, was named the head of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force, replacing Li Yuchao. Meanwhile, Xu Xisheng, the political commissar of Southern Theater Command, became the new political commissar of the rocket force, replacing Xu Zhongbo.

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