### [2026-05-7](/feed/2026/05/7/index.md)

##### Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
# Former Chinese defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe are both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve following their convictions on graft charges. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypjx383j2o)
2. [Politico](https://www.politico.eu/article/china-sentences-two-former-ministers-to-suspended-death-penalty/)

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