China appoints Han Weiguo as new army commander

Beijing: China has appointed a new army commander in a reshuffle of top posts ahead of next month's congress of the ruling Communist Party, state media said on Friday. Han Weiguo replaces Li Zuocheng, state-run newspapers said, following Li's promotion as the new chief of the Joint Staff Department of the People's Liberation Army in August. Han was the commanding office in charge of a military parade in Inner Mongolia in July overseen by Prez Xi to mark 90 years since the founding of the People's Liberation Army.He had previously served as head of the central theatre command, a military district that includes Beijing and a large swathe of central China.