Just days after the fifth plenary session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared a new wave of removals and appointments for ambassadors.
On Nov. 5, Xi replaced 12 Chinese ambassadors. The countries involved include: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe, Guinea Bissau, Belarus, Armenia, Hungary, Cyprus, and Trinidad and Tobago, according to China’s state media.
