Days before a conference of foreign ministers this month, China told host Indonesia it was switching its representative due to 'unexpected circumstances', prompting a scramble in Jakarta to resize the traditional gift of a shirt for attendees.
China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang visits Oslo, Norway May 12, 2023. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS/File Photo
The information vacuum has deepened suspicion among some diplomats and observers of China's secretive decision-making at a time that it is seeking to reengage with the world after years of COVID-induced isolation. China said on Wednesday that Wang Yi - Qin's slighter and shorter predecessor who wore the quickly adjusted shirt in Jakarta - will also fill in for China at a BRICS meeting in Johannesburg on July 24-25.
"Predictability and transparency are essential to regularizing dialogues and to trust-building, both of which are key ingredients to sustained cooperation."in China's political firmament. The former aide to President Xi Jinping was appointed foreign minister in December after serving less than two years as ambassador to the United States.
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