The Foreign Minister of China Disappears In A Strange Fashion

Dear listeners, the headlines focus on the recent Russian bombing of Ukrainian wheat storage warehouses near the Black Sea that are going to be shipped out of the port, and the agreement to stop Ukrainian wheat from the port. And after the aborted coup by the Russian mercenary Wagner, gossip that the Putin authorities are taking action to fortify the wall and clear the country have come out one after another. But recently, you can find a report on the disappearance of Foreign Minister Qin Gang.

Former Foreign Minister of China: Qin Gang.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public since June 25. During his official visit, he was replaced by Wang Yi, a former Politburo member. His department attributed Qin Gang's absence to "health reasons," but it was not really convincing.

But everyone is asking: Where did Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang go? Since June 25, he has completely disappeared. No foreign leader has ever met with him.

However, from New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on June 27 to former US Secretary of State (1973-1977) Henry Kissinger on July 19-20, many political figures arrived in Beijing this early summer to meet with China's top leaders.

However, Qin Gang's predecessor, Wang Yi, replaced him every time. According to a CCTV public television report, Henry Kissinger ’s itinerary has not yet been announced, but he was also received by Xi Jinping. Xi Jinping paid tribute to him and said, “ In the 1970s, this century-old politician played a central role in the opening of Sino-US relations.” Kissinger was also received by Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu. But it stands to reason that Qin Gang should have received Kissinger .

Wang Yi's replacement of Qin Gang was not without consequences. Because Wang Yi is of course the director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC, but he no longer assumes responsibilities within the state apparatus. This is undoubtedly the reason why China postponed the visit of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Borrell to China on July 10. Likewise , several European ministers who are about to travel to China are currently waiting. An ambassador revealed, "Even if it is a formal agreement, a representative from a foreign country cannot sign an agreement with a representative of the Chinese Communist Party."

Without knowing whether there's a unproductive relationship, the new Ukrainian minister to Beijing, who arrived further than a month agone, officially handed over a dupe of his credentials to the Chinese government, but it has not yet been accepted by the Chinese authorities.While authorities in Kiev have so far played down the situation, several EU ministers intimately called it" shy and humiliating".

Due to Qin Gang's absence, Wang Yi represented China in the ASEAN meeting that was supposed to be attended in mid-July.Also on this occasion, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry mentioned that Qin Gang was unable to make the trip due to "health reasons".

Current Foreign Minister of China: Wang Yi.

Rumors are running fast: What is the health reason? So mysterious. The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong daily, mentioned that Qin Gang was diagnosed with the new crown. But the longer the absence lasts, the less likely this hypothesis is. As a result, the rumor machine races into high gear. On July 13, the media reported the minister’s affair with a well-known reporter, Fu Xiaotian, a reporter from Phoenix Satellite TV in the United States. Her program interviewed countless world leaders, including Qin Gang, who will serve as ambassador to Washington from July 2021 to January 2023 .

Still, the journalist, who was close to Mr. Qin and had intimately wished him a happy birthday in March, posted a mysterious communication on social networks on April 11, which included three prints one was a private spurt seen from the outside, the second was taken while canvassing Mr. Qin, and the third was taken by the journalist on a private spurt with a baby in her arms. According to the Flightradar24 website, the plane was bound for Beijing. The reporter has since disappeared. Qin Gang is suspected of extramarital affairs!

Is Qin Gang sick? Will he pay the price for the affair? Are you under investigation for other reasons? No one knows.James Palmer, editor of the US "Foreign Policy" magazine, pointed out in his weekly letter published on July 18 that the accusation of adultery with a reporter "will be a symbol of Qin 's downfall, but this is not the real reason for his downfall." He pointed out that Zhang Gaoli was accused of rape by Peng Shuai, a tennis player who had had a relationship with him, on the podium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2022. A relationship a few years ago. The result is nothing.

To add on, this is not the first time people have disappeared in a strange way in the People's Republic of China. We have seen some famous and well renowned entrepreneurs, athletes, actors, artists, bureaucrats disappear in a similar strange fashion. The most prominent of them would be Jack Ma who is the Founder of Alibaba and one of the richest and most influential people in the world. 

But Qin Gang's political fall from grace would be astonishing. He used to serve as the Protocol Department and had a close relationship with President Xi Jinping, and had the honor to accompany Xi Jinping on foreign visits. At the age of 57, he has served in Washington for only 18 months. He joined the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in October 2022 and was appointed as a minister in January. He is pursuing a rapidly rising career. Mr. YYY Qin's fall from the political arena constitutes at least Xi Jinping's "casting error", and Xi Jinping bears the main responsibility. We are not there. Wang Yi succeeded Qin Gang in the short time without any vice ministers, which seems to indicate that the successor of the foreign minister has not been made public.