BEIJING – China has named a general sanctioned by the US to be its new defence minister, setting up a potentially awkward encounter if he is ever paired up with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for a meeting. Read more at straitstimes.com.
if he is ever paired up with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for a meeting.
Mr Li joined the commission at the same session, becoming the first soldier on the body from the army’s Strategic Support Force, the branch created in a 2015 and restructured to focus on space, cyber, political and electronic warfare.shoot-down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon The US State Department leveled the wide-ranging sanctions at Russian entities, Mr Li and his department in order to “impose costs on Russia in response to its interference in the United States election process, its unacceptable behaviour in eastern Ukraine, and other malign activities”, according to a statement.
After graduating from China’s National University of Defence Technology, Mr Li held posts at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, where he oversaw the launch of China’s first lunar probe. During his time there, China also successfully launched its first anti-satellite missile.
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