Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for a month. It is now known that he has been relieved of his position.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress voted to remove Qin from office at a meeting on Tuesday. His role is taken over by his predecessor Wang Yi.
Rumors of extramarital affairs surfaced
Qin Yang made his last public appearance in the Chinese capital Beijing on June 25 and has since disappeared from the scene. He was often replaced by his predecessor, top diplomat Wang Yi. Initially, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that 57-year-old Qin was unable to attend due to health reasons. Rumors later circulated about a possible extramarital affair,
This is nothing unusual in the Middle Kingdom: it often turns out later that high officials, celebrities, and business people who go missing were involved in investigations or other controversies. Alibaba founder Jack Ma disappeared several months after criticizing China’s leadership in 2020. When tennis player Peng Shuai made allegations of abuse against a Chinese official, the athlete was untraceable for a long time.
A well-known case concerns former Chinese Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who disappeared during a trip to China in 2018. Two years later, a Chinese court sentenced him to a long prison term for accepting bribes.
Source: Krone
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