The US ambassador to Japan has raised questions in a social media post about the whereabouts of China's defense minister, further adding to the confusion surrounding the state councillor's two-week absence from public view.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Rahm Emanuel wrote: "1st: Defense Minister Li Shangfu hasn't been seen or heard from in 3 weeks. 2nd: He was a no-show for his trip to Vietnam. Now: He’s absent from his scheduled meeting with the Singaporean Chief of Navy because he was placed on house arrest???" The post was accompanied by the hashtag #MysteryInBeijingBuilding" and also referenced a quote from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Earlier on September 8, Rahm Emanuel had likened the absence of China's defence minister to Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None.
