China dismisses its foreign minister Qin Gang, missing for a month

the minister Chinese of Foreign, qin gangwho had been out of the public scene for a month, was dismissed today and replaced by his predecessor, wang yi.

Qin had not appeared in public since June 25, the day he met in the Chinese capital with officials from Sri Lanka, Russia and Vietnamand, since then, he has been absent from various diplomatic events, arousing all kinds of speculation about his whereabouts and situation.

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The Standing Committee of the National People’s Assembly (ANP, Legislative) today approved in an unusual meeting the dismissal of Qin and the return of wang yi as chancellor, collects the state agency Xinhua in a brief statement.

The president of the country and secretary general of the communist party, Xi Jinpingsigned an order to make the decision effective, the agency adds.

Qin’s removal follows his dizzying rise last December, when his firm and aggressive tone was awarded the country’s chancellorship, kicking off months of frenetic activity with the country’s opening up after the end of the ‘zero covid’ policy.

Qin then replaced Wang Yi with an international agenda marked by the war in ukraine or the growing rivalry with Washington.

His last high-profile public appearance took place last June, when he met in Beijing with the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenat a time when both parties were trying to recover communication to avoid further conflicts.

Qin planned to attend the last asean summit that was held in Indonesia, which, according to Beijing, was missing “for health reasons”.

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Nor did the US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellenand the White House Special Envoy for Climate Change, john kerrywho was greeted by Wang Yi.

At 69 years old, Wang returns to the position that he already held from 2013 until last December 31 after replacing Qin in several of the meetings that were held during the last month.

Wang Yi is part of the Politburo (the leadership of the formation, made up of 24 people), and was promoted last October to head of the Office of the Party’s Foreign Affairs Commission, which made him the highest-ranking diplomat in China.

Source: Elcomercio

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