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<\/div>\nQin Gang was removed from the post of foreign minister. (File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was removed from office on Tuesday, state media reported, after not being seen in the public eye for a month.<\/p>\n
“China’s top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister… as it convened a session on Tuesday,” state media outlet Xinhua said.<\/p>\n
“Qin Gang was removed from the post of foreign minister.”<\/p>\n
The report did not give a reason for Qin’s removal but said President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order to enact the decision.<\/p>\n
Mr Qin had been seen as a confidant of President Xi and many analysts attributed his recent fast rise through the diplomatic ranks to their relationship.<\/p>\n
China has remained tight-lipped for weeks about the fate of Mr Qin, who has not been seen in public since June 25 when he met Russia’s deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko in Beijing.<\/p>\n
His absence sparked a storm of speculation that he had been removed from office or was subject to an official investigation.<\/p>\n
Qin Gang’s duties had lately been taken on by China’s top diplomat Wang, who leads the ruling Communist Party’s foreign policy and outranks Mr Qin in the government hierarchy.<\/p>\n
Qin Gang had replaced Wang as foreign minister in December last year.<\/p>\n
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