You could be right. On the other hand, communist nations (including China) have a tradition of mass show trials, used to eliminate those the Supreme Leader was unhappy with or felt threatened by. "Show trials" might not be the particular fashion used here, but ordinary rigged trials might be.
I AM hopeful that getting rid of actual corruption and evil is what's at work here, but I'm a long way from convinced. Time will tell.
Draining the swamp is one possibility. Eliminating anyone who Xi deems a threat is another. Not necessarily the same thing.
There would be more plane crashes in China if Xi wanted to just get rid of the ones he feels 'threatened' from.
You could be right. On the other hand, communist nations (including China) have a tradition of mass show trials, used to eliminate those the Supreme Leader was unhappy with or felt threatened by. "Show trials" might not be the particular fashion used here, but ordinary rigged trials might be.
I AM hopeful that getting rid of actual corruption and evil is what's at work here, but I'm a long way from convinced. Time will tell.
Source
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2023/09/15/chinese-defense-minister-disappears-possibly-arrested-for-corruption/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/15/li-shangfu-what-do-we-know-so-far-about-chinas-missing-defence-minister
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-defense-minister-under-investigation-military-commanders-replaced-2023-9
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-diplomat-questions-whether-chinese-defence-minister-under-house-arrest-2023-09-15/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/15/china-defence-minister-li-shangfu-missing
Wiki
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Shangfu
Eh. It’s the CCP.
50/50 odds he did something to make party leadership and or Xi in particular angry. Versus actually being guilty of something.