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25.10 / 14:15

UPS economy Experts cover information Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience

Xi Jinping's demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party, analysts say. State media this week confirmed that former defense minister Gen. Li Shangfu and former foreign minister Qin Gang were «no longer serving in office,» but offered no details. The opacity of China's one-party authoritarian system creates huge speculation about why the officials left office and whether they will face legal censure.

24.10 / 12:45

Reuters President country reports China ousts defence minister, the second senior leader to leave in three months

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06.10 / 13:39

Target Career Fighting Experts gossips reports What to make of a surprise shake-up in China’s nuclear force

sudden removal as foreign minister of Qin Gang, who was given that post by Mr Xi in December. Mr Xi’s supporters might argue that he is injecting new momentum into two of his signature domestic initiatives—an anti-corruption drive and a programme to transform the PLA into a modern fighting force. They might also make the case that he is demonstrating a commendable resistance to favouritism by not shielding protégés.

19.09 / 14:07

UPS FIVE Cooper Fighting Inside foreign China’s Ex-Foreign Minister Ousted After Alleged Affair, Senior Officials Told

NEW YORK—Senior Chinese officials were told that an internal Communist Party investigation found ex-Foreign Minister Qin Gang to have engaged in an extramarital affair that lasted throughout his tenure as Beijing’s top envoy to Washington, according to people familiar with the matter. Qin, once considered a trusted aide to leader Xi Jinping, was stripped of his foreign minister title in July—without explanation—after he disappeared from public view a month earlier. At one point leading up to his ouster, the Foreign Ministry said the absence of 57-year-old Qin was due to health reasons.

17.09 / 07:29

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leadership of the world's second-biggest economy, diplomats and analysts say. Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who has missed meetings including with at least one foreign counterpart since he was last seen in late August, is under investigation in a corruption probe into military procurement, Reuters reported on Friday. Newly installed Foreign Minister Qin Gang vanished with scant explanation in July, the same month as an abrupt shake-up of the military's elite Rocket Force, which oversees China's nuclear arsenal.

17.09 / 00:41

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16.09 / 18:19

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16.09 / 02:47

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China's defense minister, Gen. Li Shangfu, has been placed under investigation, according to two U.S.

15.09 / 12:55

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Mint takes a closer look at the developments. A career military officer, Li Shangfu trained as an engineer and joined the People’s Liberation Army in 1982. Prior to his appointment as China’s defence minister in 2023, he served as deputy head of the Strategic Support Force, which focused on building up the country’s space and cyber capabilities.

15.09 / 08:39

UPS Twitter Remark social US suspects China's defence chief Li Shangfu under probe by Beijing: Report

The Financial Times citing American officials. The report came shortly before high-ranking diplomat Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan, stated on social media that Li "hasn't been seen or heard from in 3 weeks," and that the minister might have been placed under house arrest, as reported by AFP. These recent events contribute to the mounting signs of possible instability within the Beijing leadership.

09.08 / 04:33

Strategy love show country star Xi Jinping attempts to stop the rot by purging his own appointees

PLA) and government have made clear. Although Chairman Xi Jinping has not given any explanation, the replacement of the top two generals of the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF) and the disappearance of Foreign Minister Qin Gang follow a well-worn pattern of corruption charges in China. Qin's last public appearance was on 25 June, and Xi officially removed him from office by a decree signed on 25 July.

02.08 / 18:43

UPS country Inside China replaces rocket force generals in surprise military shake-up

Rocket Force, in a surprise shake-up that has raised doubts about the inner workings of the military unit in charge of the country's strong arsenal of nuclear and ballistic missiles, CNN reported. State media on Monday reported that, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has named Wang Houbin as commander of the Rocket Force and Xu Xisheng as political commissar of the force.

26.07 / 14:18

Provident show ousted foreign What happened to China's foreign minister? Qin Gang ousted, erased from records with no explanation

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was ousted earlier this week after merely 207 days at the job. His predecessor Wang Yi was reappointed to the top post on Tuesday and officials insist that they are releasing information ‘normally’ about the situation. But as speculation about Qin's fate and whereabouts continue, all his activities as foreign minister appear to have been erased from official records.

26.07 / 08:05

Citi Provident Twitter MET Waters show information 'No information': Beijing bats away questions on Qin Gang removal

foreign ministry declined to comment on Wednesday on the abrupt sacking of senior diplomat Qin Gang, while scrubbing mentions of him from a government website. Qin, who has not been seen in public for more than a month, was removed from office by Beijing's top lawmaking body on Tuesday after just 207 days in the job. That followed weeks of speculation that the former Chinese ambassador to the United States and one-time confidant of President Xi Jinping had suddenly fallen out of favour.

26.07 / 05:07

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BEIJING — China is changing its tone on the struggling real estate sector, paving the way for policy support.

25.07 / 19:13

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Power shifts in China were always high on intrigue, but its foreign ministry has developed what looks distinctly like cloak-and-dagger characteristics. The country’s December-appointed foreign minister Qin Gang first vanished from public view.

25.07 / 16:11

foreign China replaces ‘missing’ foreign minister a month after Qin Gang disappeared from public view

Where is Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang? Rumours swirl as lawmaker remains ‘missing’ for nearly a month Qin - considered to be a close aide of President Xi - had been in the midst of a meteoric rise to power when he ‘disappeared’ last month. A former envoy to the United States he took over the ministry in December - one of China's youngest foreign ministers.

25.07 / 12:13

UPS MET country foreign Speculation China replaces foreign minister Qin Gang with Wang Yi after brief stint and weeks of speculation

China removed Foreign Minister Qin Gang from his post on Tuesday after a one-month absence from public duties, replacing him with his predecessor Wang Yi, state media said, after weeks of speculation about what had happened to him. Qin, 57, who only took up the job in December after a brief stint as envoy to the United States, had not been seen in public since June 25 when he met visiting diplomats in Beijing.

24.07 / 04:41

UPS MET Inside foreign Missing for a month: Where is Qin Gang, China's foreign minister?

China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for almost a month, sparking a flurry of questions over his whereabouts. Here's what we know so far about the disappearance of one of China's most senior diplomats: — Who is Qin Gang? — Qin, considered a confidante of President Xi Jinping, was appointed foreign minister in December 2022. The 57-year-old spent several years at the Chinese embassy in London and is a fluent English speaker.

17.07 / 17:01

Lowe's Career Remark SPY lawmaker foreign Where is Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang? Rumours swirl as lawmaker remains ‘missing’ for nearly a month

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has remained wholly out of the public eye for the past month, sparking intense debate about his whereabouts. His last public appearance was on June 25 for a meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry in Beijing. While officials indicate that he missed the recent ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting due to health reasons people have remained skeptical.

15.07 / 14:27

Twitter MET Progressive Career Action India, China should find a mutually acceptable solution to resolve border issue: Wang Yi

Wang Yi in his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Jakarta has said that both countries should find a mutually acceptable solution to the border problem without letting «specific issues» define the overall relationship. India has been locked in a military standoff with China at eastern Ladakh for more than three years, with Jaishankar saying it to be the most complex challenge in his long diplomatic career.

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