Xi Jinping overhauls leadership of China’s elite nuclear force

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has overhauled the military leadership managing China’s nuclear arsenal amid reports of a corruption probe in the rocket force that would play a key role in case of an invasion of Taiwan.

The Chinese leader replaced the two most-senior leaders in the People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket Force, a state media report showed, bringing in new blood from China’s air force and navy — a highly unusual step that suggests a desire for a sweeping change in the…