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China investigates defense minister for corruption — report (www.dw.com)
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If confirmed, Dong would be the third consecutive serving or former Chinese defense minister to be investigated for alleged corruption.

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[–] lemon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Alternate title: Defence minister gaining too much influence.

The upper echelons of Chinese politics must be insane. It almost seems suicidal. On the one hand, you need to amass huge amounts of social capital to rise up the pyramid. On the other, you constantly risk flying too close to the sun.