The Guardian -
26 Jul 2016 03:36

Guo stripped of rank after closed military trial seen as president Xi Jinping's latest effort to increase control over army Former top Chinese military leader Guo Boxiong was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for accepting bribes, the official Xinhua news agency said - the latest high-profile conviction in president Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption. For a decade, Guo was one of the two vice-chairmen of the Central Military Commission, second only to China's president in the top body of t...
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