Illustration: Henry Wong

New PLA chief of staff Fang Fenghui flourishes under president's wing

Fang Fenghui first rose to prominence when president plucked him from Guangzhou to run Beijing command

Topic | 18th Party Congress

Minnie Chan

Published: 12:00am, 29 Oct, 2012

Updated: 4:53am, 29 Oct, 2012

Illustration: Henry Wong

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Minnie Chan

Minnie Chan is an award-winning journalist, specialising in reporting on defence and diplomacy in China. Her coverage of the US EP-3 spy plane crash with a PLA J-8 in 2001 near the South China Sea opened her door to the military world. Since then, she has had several scoops relating to China's military development. She has been at the Post since 2005 and has a master's in international public affairs from The University of Hong Kong.