Top Chinese General Goes Missing

He Weidong’s absence raises questions on Xi’s grip on military

He’s not here

The weeks-long absence of He Weidong, China’s third most powerful military leader, has sent the rumor mill into overdrive, raising questions over Chinese President Xi Jinping’s grip on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), with alternate theories emerging over the general’s disappearance: Xi purged He or someone else purged He, a trusted Xi p…