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The Curious Case of China’s Missing Foreign Minister

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The Curious Case of China’s Missing Foreign Minister
China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang attends a press conference at Media Center in Beijing on March 7, 2023. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Peter Dahlin
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If it turns out to be true that China’s missing foreign minister is under “discipline inspection” by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) own internal party police, he'll likely disappear into the little-known secret detention system known (to a few) as Liuzhi.

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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