Chinese dictator Xi Jinping ordered the Communist Party’s discipline agency to engage in a more intense campaign against the “cancer” of corruption, the state news outlet Xinhua reported on Wednesday, calling the situation within the Party “grave and complex.”
China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times declared President Joe Biden “inadequate” and his administration “disorderly” on Monday over the secret hospitalization of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin – a criticism levied nearly five months after the still-unexplained disappearance of now-former Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu.
The sudden death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang – who only lost his position as second-in-command to dictator Xi Jinping in March and cultivated an image as a “rival” to the totalitarian autocrat – follows a growing list of incidents in which China’s most powerful die, suddenly disappear, or are abruptly dismissed from their jobs.
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been missing from the public eye for one month as of Friday in an unexplained absence.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Tuesday quoted Chinese sources who claimed to have solved the mystery of Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s disappearance.
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu vanished from public view more than two weeks ago, missing several important events.
The Chinese government began erasing mentions of former Foreign Minister Qin Gang – who has not been seen publicly since June 25 and lost his position this week – from the Foreign Ministry’s website on Tuesday and has refused to answer questions about his status in subsequent days.
China’s government media outlets confirmed the ouster of Qin Gang as the nation’s foreign minister on Tuesday, offering no details as to why the top diplomat, who began his term in January, suddenly lost his job.
A column on China’s diplomacy in Africa in the state-run newspaper Global Times on Sunday noted “China’s foreign minister” engaged in a tour of the continent in January – a notable observation given the column did not name Foreign Minister Qin Gang who has been missing for a month.
The strange disappearance of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has become a major embarrassment for the regime in Beijing, as speculation grows that he has been silenced and purged for political reasons or personal misbehavior.
Chinese media lamented that “discipline inspection” is weak – a concern raised as Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang continues missing.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public since June 25, as of Tuesday, missing critical engagements with American officials, a major regional summit, and fueling rumors of his political demise.
China abrputly cancels visit to Beijing by EU top diplomat amid ongoing disagreements over trade, human rights and Ukraine.
The U.S. State Department and Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Beijing next week.
A Chinese Communist Party delegation led by former ambassador to Moscow Li Hui is expected to arrive in Kyiv, Ukraine, imminently, and spend two days there before heading to Poland on Friday.
EU meets to seek common approach on lessening Europe’s reliance on China and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia.
The Taliban terrorist organization, which currently functions as the uncontested government of Afghanistan, agreed this weekend to join communist China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
“Threatening military gestures” increase “the risk of unintentional military confrontations,” a spokesperson said in Berlin.
Beijing welcomed a rare visit by Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa over the weekend to discuss their frayed relationship, from Japan’s concerns regarding Chinese belligerence against Japan to their stances on opposite sides of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who assumed the post only two months ago, held his first annual press conference on Tuesday at the “Two Sessions” of China’s rubber-stamp legislature and policy advisory committee.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping told a panel of Communist Party officials on Monday that America and its Western allies were executing a conspiracy to ensure “all-round containment” of his country, which has resulted in “severe challenges.”
The meeting of G20 foreign ministers hosted by India on Thursday ended in disarray, with the customary joint communique scuttled by “divergences that could not be reconciled,” according to Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry appeared to confirm reports this week that American Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China in February, firmly asserting Beijing expects Blinken to “perceive China correctly” and “work with China in the same direction.”
NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom is once again blasting the league for making billions by cozying up to China
China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, was spotted with his staff at the Venetian resort Saturday evening during the annual gala dinner of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley criticized China at the gala dinner of the Republican Jewish Coalition Saturday night — with Chinese ambassador Qin Gang in the audience.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, said in an interview published by regime media on Friday that Beijing would like to impose the repressive “One Country, Two Systems” policy currently in effect in Hong Kong on the nation of Taiwan. It emphasized the “two systems” aspect of the policy is “subordinate to” the one country.
BEIJING (AP) – China’s ambassador to the U.S. says that of all parties concerned in the Ukraine, only China has Russia’s ear.
China’s Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that China was not committing human rights violations against the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) subjected an audience at Tuesday night’s game between the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers to a speech by Chinese Ambassador to America Qin Gang.
