China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for three weeks -- sparking intense speculation in a country known for its political opaqueness.
Qin, 57, a career diplomat and trusted aide of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, was promoted to foreign minister in December, after a brief stint as ambassador to the United States. As foreign minister, Qin has delivered searing rebukes of Washington after relations plunged to a new low in the aftermath of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the US.
Qin also failed to show up at an annual foreign ministers’ meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Indonesia last week. Instead, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi attended the gathering in his place. A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry told a regular news briefing last Tuesday that Qin could not attend the ASEAN meeting “because of health reasons,” according to Reuters.
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