Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun at public meeting a week after report of graft investigation

For the first time in a while, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun made an appearance in public on Thursday ( Dec. 5 ) following a report that claimed he was subjected to a graft investigation.

Dong was in Shanghai attending a security conference on the Gulf of Guinea, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

He met with delegation mind, and he said China was ready to work with the military forces of the local nations to help with the maintenance of protection in the Gulf of Guinea, according to Xinhua.

A Financial Times article from November 27 sparked rumors about Dong’s social future. &nbsp,

The document, citing current and former US leaders, said the original People’s Liberation Army Navy commander was under sensor as part of a wide-ranging anti-graft research.

Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign government, had dismissed the report as” only shadow-chasing.”

Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, two of Dong’s successors, were kicked out of the Chinese Communist Party.

It was reported in June this year that they committed” serious breaches of control”, a metaphor for fraud.

President Xi Jinping in November instructed the military to halt problem and develop their “war-preparedness,” which has intensified in Beijing over the past month.

Holistic Sea COOPERATION

The conference on Thursday, which was hosted by the People’s Liberation Army Navy, was attended by nautical military force leaders and army connects from 18 countries which included Cameroon, the Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

At the conference, Dong officially called for efforts to promote organized maritime cooperation.

He had likewise urged efforts to advance the standard connection with the neighboring nations and to support the establishment of an all-weather China-Africa area with a shared future for the new century.

According to Xinhua, the delegation heads at the meeting expressed their desire to strengthen bilateral ties with China, strengthen cooperation with them, and work together to create a safe, secure, and profitable Gulf of Guinea.