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Qin Gang, China's disappeared foreign minister demoted to low-level publis
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
But, the report says, citing two US officials, that Qin is alive but in a position very diminished from his once-lofty perch close to Chinese President Xi Jinping. He has now been nominally assigned to a low-level job at a publishing house affiliated with the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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China's former foreign minister Qin Gang resigns from top legislature, mon
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Similarly, after disappearing from public view in August last year Li Shangfu was formally removed as China's Defence minister and as a Central Military Commission member on October 24. 2023, but no explanation has ever been given as to why.
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Li Shangfu removed as Defence Minister after months of speculation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After months of speculation, China removed General Li Shangfu from the position of defence minister and state councillor, China-based Global Times reported.
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China’s list of disappearing leaders continues to grow
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
First it was China’s top diplomat, then the commander and political commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), and now the country’s minister of defense. The list of disappearing leaders just continues to mount, as Beijing draws a veil of secrecy over the obvious failure
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Another one bites dust, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu under investig
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In the latest episode of top Beijing official facing purges, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu — who has not been seen in weeks — is being investigated for corruption and likely will be removed, The Washington Post reported citing two US officials.
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US envoy questions Chinese Defence Minister's absence from public view
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Rahm Emanuel referenced a quote from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
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Qin Gang’s removal unlikely to affect China’s foreign policy
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Qin Gang’s removal from the position of China’s foreign minister sparked a number of rumours from talk of affairs, conspiracies and corruption, but whatever the reason, its impact on Beijing’s foreign policy and governance — under Xi Jinping’s dominance — will be insignificant.
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Xi Jinping attempts to stop the rot by purging his own appointees
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Corruption is very much part of the engrained culture of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as recent high-profile disappearances from the ranks of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and government have made clear.
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China erases all traces of former Foreign Minister Qin Gang from official
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Anyone looking for a reference to any of the Qin's important events on the website of China’s Foreign Ministry will be disappointed as all of Qin’s activities as a foreign minister have been erased from the record following a shake-up on Tuesday that saw Qin abruptly replaced by his predeces
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Wang Yi is China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang removed
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Following a month-long disappearance, Qin Gang was removed from the post of foreign minister he concurrently held, and China's top legislature has appointed Wang Yi as foreign minister on Tuesday
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China’s foreign minister Qin Gang absence from public view highlights Beij
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Qin's prolonged absence has sparked a flurry of rumours about his whereabouts and brought attention to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which controls the second-largest economy in the world, for its lack of transparency.
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Chinese foreign minister’s absence from public view sparks intense specula
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Qin, 57, a career diplomat and trusted aide of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, was promoted to foreign minister in December, after a brief stint as ambassador to the United States.
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