Qin Gang

China’s rubber-stamp Congress holds its annual plenary sessions, known as the Two Sessions, which are expected to focus on the economy.

Mr. Qin is still absent from public view.

The ousting of Li Shangfu came three months after China fired its foreign minister.

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Questions arise over the stability of the Chinese Communist Party as top leadership goes through abrupt reshuffling.

The United States said that it has extended an invitation to newly-appointed Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, following the sudden dismissal of Qin Gang, who had been completely out of the public eye for over a month.

The death of two high-rank Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials has been revealed by Chinese media in recent days, after months of their passing. Observers believe the cover up of their death and delayed announcement, accompanied by the recent mysterious removal of CCP’s foreign minister who has been missing for more than a month, indicate that the intensified power struggles within the CCP has reached another level.

According to a high-level CCP source, political intrigue, an alleged double agent, and the sale of military secrets to the U.S. led to the dramatic ouster of Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang.

China erased all information about Qin Gang from the foreign ministry’s website, shortly after removing him from the minister’s post following his month-long unexplained absence. But Mr. Qin’s meetings started to reappear on July 28.

China’s Ambassador to the United States has missed a significant event at the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., just days after his predecessor in Beijing was removed from his post as China’s foreign affairs minister.