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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

China removes foreign minister Qin Gang after mysterious absence

China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister after a mysterious one-month absence barely half a year into the job.

Qin, a former aide to President Xi Jinping, took over the ministry in December but has not been seen in public since June 25.

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