OpinionThinking About ChinaForeign Minister’s Disappearance Adds to Beijing’s Growing Missing Person’s ListCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveChina's Foreign Minister Qin Gang attends a press conference at the Media Center of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 7, 2023. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty ImagesBy Kevin Andrews7/31/2023Updated: 8/6/2023PrintX 10:00CommentaryThe announcement about the removal of China’s foreign minister from his post could not have been more perfunctory.