China mum on inquiries about sacked FM Qin

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 27, 2023 12:13 am

BEIJING: China's Foreign Ministry declined to comment on Wednesday on the abrupt sacking of senior diplomat Qin Gang, while scrubbing mentions of him from a government website.

Qin, who has not been seen in public for more than a month, was removed from office by Beijing's top lawmaking body on Tuesday after just 207 days in the job.

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