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Qin Gang (born 19 March 1966) is a Chinese former diplomat and politician who served as the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from December 2022 to July 2023 and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023.
Jul 26, 2023 · Qin Gang: The swift rise and mysterious fall of China's missing foreign minister. 26 July 2023. By Stephen McDonell, China correspondent. Pool. Mr Qin had been seen as a close...
As mystery swirls over the removal of China's foreign minister Qin Gang, questions have also arisen over what his downfall means for China's diplomacy.
Jul 26, 2023 · China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up...
Feb 27, 2024 · TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday. Qin was dismissed as foreign minister in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years.
Jul 26, 2023 · Qin Gang is one of the most high-level officials in the Chinese Communist Party to have been absent for this long. Speculation on Qin Gang remained rampant on Wednesday, a day after...
Jul 25, 2023 · Qin Gang charted a meteoric rise through the brutal world of elite Chinese politics, overtaking more experienced candidates to become Xi Jinping’s foreign minister in March before suddenly...
Jul 25, 2023 · Only five weeks ago, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, was at the center of an important restoration of high-level diplomacy in U.S.-China relations: He shook hands with Secretary of State...
Jul 26, 2023 · Going right back to his time as foreign ministry spokesperson, Qin Gang had been known to take a tough stance in defence of China, but also as someone who could turn on the charm.
Jul 20, 2023 · Quite possibly Mr Qin—a suavely confident diplomat of the iron-fist and velvet-glove type, rocket-propelled to high office by a spell as an aide to President Xi Jinping—will quietly resume his...
