China New Foreign Minister: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who has been missing for the last one month, was officially removed from his post. Wang Yi, who held the responsibility of foreign minister for 10 years in place of Qin Gang, has been given the responsibility again.
According to a report in Xinhua, China’s top legislature convened a session on Tuesday and voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister. The report did not mention the reason for Qin Gang’s removal, but said that President Xi Jinping has signed off on the decision.
Qin Gang has not been seen in public since June 25
It is worth mentioning that Qin Gang has not been seen in public since June 25, when he met Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko in Beijing. In such a situation, many types of speculations are being made about him. Explain that in the absence of Qin, Wang Yi was working as Foreign Minister for the last few weeks, who has now been fully handed over the command.
Wang Yi has also previously been the director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission. Before Gang’s appointment as foreign minister in December, Wang Yi was handling this responsibility. It is known that Gang was made the Foreign Minister of China 8 months ago i.e. in December 2022.
Who are the Qin Gang?
Born in 1966 in Tianjin, China, Qin Gang was made the Chinese ambassador to the US in July 2021. He has also served as China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2021, Director of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2018, and Director of Information at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015.
It is known that Qin’s popularity was increasing rapidly in China. Alam had become such that he was being compared to President Xi Jinping. He played a major role in de-escalating strained US-China relations by meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing in June. Along with this, as Foreign Minister, Qin Gang had taken many important decisions.
There is discussion about affair with news anchor
According to the report of The New York Times, behind the disappearance of Qin Gang, his affair with the news anchor is also believed to be responsible. As per reports, he is in a relationship with a news anchor. Who is working in Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV and the name of the female journalist is Fu Xiaotian.
Know who is Wang Yi
Wang Yi, born in 1953 in Beijing, the capital of China, has been a long-time member of the Chinese Communist Party. Wang Yi has also been the Foreign Minister of China, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chinese Ambassador to Japan. Wang Yi had to leave China and live in Mongolia for about eight years. Actually, he was accused of participating in the Mao cultural movement, due to which he had to leave his home.
Significantly, in the Doklam dispute with India, Wang Yi had earlier tried to show strictness, but after a few days his attitude softened. He had also tried to reduce the tension between the two countries, which has not happened.
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