In a rare incident, the Chinese foreign minister has vanished from public view for the last three weeks setting the rumours mills running. Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not seen for the last three weeks which unusual for a senior diplomat like him.
There has not been any statement from the Chinese government over the issue.
The 57-year-old senior diplomat promoted to the post of foreign minister in December. And said to the trusted hand of Chinese President Xi Jinping
Foreign Minister Qin Gang has been spearheading Beijing’s assault against the United States.
Especially after the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the US.
Qin reportedly also played a crucial role in efforts by stabilize the rocky ties with the US after that episode. And was crucial during the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit in mid-June.
Since June 25, Qin has failed to show up at several crucial meetings including high-profile visits by senior US officials Janet Yellen and John Kerry, at a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and at an annual foreign ministers’ meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia last week. While there are many speculations around Qin’s absence, several reports attributed it to his alleged affair with a journalist.