Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang has disappeared from public view for more than three weeks, sparking intense speculation and media attention.
Mr. Qin’s last public appearance was on June 25 in Beijing, when he met with the foreign ministers of Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Russia.
Since then, Mr. Qin, 57, has been absent from a series of important diplomatic activities.
His lunch meeting with the ambassadors of EU countries to China in late June was temporarily canceled; then, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell’s scheduled China visit from July 7 to July 10 to meet with him was suddenly canceled just before the Spanish politician’s departure….