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A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into "serious violations of discipline" takes place, Beijing said on Nov. 28, the latest senior figure to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country's armed forces.

China's defense minister has been removed from office after weeks of speculation that he would face the same fate as former foreign minister Qin Gang.

Li Shangfu has been sent to resign, the official Xinhua news agency reported, without giving reasons for this decision, the South China Morning Post wrote.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday congratulated Chinese leader Xi Jinping on his re-election as president of the People's Republic of China and its Central Military Commission.

China's parliament unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as president for an unprecedented third five-year term.

2,952 people participated in the voting of the 14th National People's Congress of People's Representatives. The Associated Press commented that the 69-year-old Xi is on course to remain in power for life.

China has appointed new commanders of its army and air force in a reshuffle ahead of next month's Communist Party congress, as President Xi Jinping brings new blood into the military's top ranks amid an ambitious modernisation program.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military on July 30 to transform itself into an elite force, as he oversaw a parade with flybys of advanced jets and a mass rally of troops to mark 90 years since the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

China’s military further opened its research and development programmes to private companies, inviting them to take part in projects worth an estimated 6 billion yuan (US$870 million or HK$6.78 billion), state media reported on Wednesday.

China is mounting a serious effort to challenge US military superiority in air and space, forcing the Pentagon to seek new technologies and systems to stay ahead of its rapidly developing rival, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said on June 22. 

BEIJING - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic, who is on a five-day official visit to China, visited Special Brigade of the 38th Joint Corps of the Chinese armed forces and signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the National Defense University of China and the Belgrade-based University of Defense.