Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, until recently Beijing’s top envoy to Washington, hasn’t been seen in public for more than three weeks, skipping major diplomatic engagements and fueling speculation about what happened to him
Updated July 19, 2023 5:18 pm ETThe prolonged disappearance of China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, has led to intense speculation over his whereabouts.
Qin’s absence highlights the lack of transparency in the governance of the world’s second-largest economy. Photo: Noel Celis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images’s handpicked foreign minister, with Beijing assuring Washington the recent thaw in high-level contacts will continue despite the diplomat’s absence from public view.Continue reading your article with
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