China names Wang Yi as new international minister, replaces ‘missing’ Qin Gang

By India Today World Desk: Wang Yi has been named as the brand new international minister of China, state media reported on Tuesday. Qin Gang, the “missing” international minister was eliminated and Wang Yi changed him.

“China’s top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister… as it convened a session on Tuesday,” Chinese media outlet Xinhua mentioned.

Notably, Gang’s whereabouts are nonetheless not identified, whilst Wang Yi has changed him as Foreign Minister. His final public engagement was a gathering with visiting Russian, Sri Lankan and Vietnamese officers on June 25. Since then, he has not been seen in public.

His ministry later mentioned he was off work for unspecified well being causes.

Qin Gang is taken into account Chinese President Xi Jinping’s shut aide. The final time the 57-year-old disappeared from public view was only for eight days over the Lunar New Year Holiday.

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Almost a month on, he nonetheless stays lacking and China has not spoken about this. The dialogue about his absence was apparently censored on the Chinese social media web site Weibo.

A seek for “where is Qin Gang” on the platform returned the message “no results”, The Guardian reported.

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