The U.S. and Japan will announce a historic upgrade to security ties as the two former adversaries move closer together in determination to counter China.
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been removed from his post, according to the country's state media, nearly two months after he disappeared from public view.
The U.S. government believes Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu is under investigation and has been stripped of his responsibilities, the Financial Times reports, as the general has not been seen in public for more than two weeks.
Defense chiefs from the United States, South Korea and Japan agreed Thursday to “accelerate” the sharing of real-time, missile-warning data and to plan additional joint military drills.
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