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Wei Fenghe has now been convicted by a military court of accepting bribes, while Li Shangfu was found guilty of both accepting and offering bribes.
The statement, issued by state-run news agency Xinhua, did not give further details about the allegations.
Both men have been given suspended death sentences with no chance of parole.
meaning both will be imprisoned for life.
Since their downfall, many more senior generals have been ousted or investigated, including the No.
2 of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Youxia.
Only President Xi stood above him.
Jennifer Pak, NPR News, Shanghai.
The tech worker was employed at an AI-related firm in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
He earned close to $44,000 a year before AI took over his job.
The company reassigned him to a lower-level position with a 40% pay cut.
He refused, and the company ended his contract.
A Hangzhou court has upheld an earlier ruling that the dismissal was unlawful.
Lawyer Wang Xuyang, who is not connected to the case, told state-run news agency Xinhua, AI adoption doesn't automatically justify a company laying off a worker to cut costs.
But corporate profits have been squeezed.
as the Chinese economy remains sluggish.
Jennifer Pak, NPR News, Shanghai.
The tech worker was employed at an AI-related firm in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
He earned close to $44,000 a year before AI took over his job.
The company reassigned him to a lower-level position with a 40% pay cut.