China Sentences Former Top General to Life in Prison

China's former top general has been sentenced to life in prison on bribery charges, a move that comes as President Xi Jinping attempts to consolidate power and tighten his grip on the world's largest military. Guo Boxiong was also stripped of his rank and forced to give all of his assets to the government, according to the official Xinhua News Agency The 74 -year-old Guo was once vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Communist Party of China's...

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