China promotes General Zhang Shengmin to Politburo

Beijing has promoted General Zhang Shengmin, the key player in the recent anti-corruption campaign that has cut deep into the military’s top leadership, to its top decision-making body, the Politburo. Zhang, who was last year promoted to vice-chair of the military’s top commanding body, the Central Military Commission (CMC), was the military’s top anti-corruption chief from 2018 until July this year, and is the top enforcer of Beijing’s fight against corruption in the People’s Liberation...