{"id":1982177,"date":"2023-07-25T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-fires-foreign-minister-weeks-after-disappearing-him\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:50:36","slug":"china-fires-foreign-minister-weeks-after-disappearing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-fires-foreign-minister-weeks-after-disappearing-him\/","title":{"rendered":"China sacks foreign minister after mysterious disappearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-fires-foreign-minister-weeks-after-disappearing-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>China Appoints New \u2064Foreign Minister<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">China<\/span> \u200chas named veteran \u2063diplomat Wang Yi\u2063 as its new <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a><\/span>, replacing\u200d former\u200d rising star Qin Gang \u2064after a mysterious one-month absence from duties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Absence Raises Speculation<\/h3>\n<p>Qin, a former aide to President Xi Jinping\u2063 and envoy\u2063 to the United States, took \u2063over the ministry \u200cin December but has not been\u2064 seen in public since\u2063 June \u206325. The ministry cited health reasons for\u2064 his absence,\u2063 but the lack of details has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-warn-against-moving-away-from-trump-legacy-as-gop-moves-forward\/\" title=\"Republicans warn against moving away from Trump legacy as GOP moves forward\">sparked speculation<\/a> and drawn attention to the secrecy surrounding China&#8217;s Communist\u200c leadership.<\/p>\n<h3>Wang Yi:\u2063 A Familiar Face<\/h3>\n<p>Qin&#8217;s successor, Wang Yi, previously held the post from 2013-2022. He has filled in for Qin during \u200chis absence and represented China at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-fires-foreign-minister-weeks-after-disappearing-him\/\" title=\"China sacks foreign minister after mysterious disappearance\">national \u2062security advisers&#8217; \u2063meeting<\/a> of BRICS countries in South Africa.<\/p>\n<h3>Unexplained Absences<\/h3>\n<p>This \u2064is not\u200b the first time officials in\u2062 China have disappeared without explanation. Last year, Industry Minister Xiao Yaqing \u200dvanished\u200b from public view for nearly a month before it \u2062was revealed\u200d he was being investigated for corruption.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Rational Choice<\/h3>\n<p>Qin\u2064 was one of China&#8217;s youngest foreign ministers, known for his close relationship with President Xi. Wang&#8217;s appointment\u200d as the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-foreign-minister-ousted-after-mysterious-monthlong-absence\/\" title=\"China's foreign minister removed following unexplained monthlong absence.\">foreign \u2062minister<\/a> is seen as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expanded-unemployment-benefits-hindered-main-street-recovery-small-business-owners-say\/\" title=\"Expanded Unemployment Benefits Hindered Main Street Recovery, Small Business Owners Say\">rational choice<\/a> to convey stability \u2062and credibility as China seeks to re-engage \u2063with the world.<\/p>\n<h3>Uncertain Future\u2063 for Qin<\/h3>\n<p>It \u2064remains unclear what Qin&#8217;s political future holds, including whether he will\u2063 still hold his role as a state councillor. \u200bHis removal without explanation has left rumors and speculation about his disappearance, highlighting the opacity of the Chinese political system.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting \u200cby Yew Lun Tian, Laurie Chen and Martin Quin Pollard; Editing by John Geddie, Nick Macfie, Andrew Cawthorne and Bernadette Baum)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China appointed Wang Yi as its new foreign minister, replacing Qin Gang who had been absent from his duties for a month. Qin, a former aide to President Xi Jinping and envoy to the United States, took over the role in December but has not been seen in public since June 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1982178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}