China’s Qin Gang to skip Asean meet due to ‘physical condition’

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BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will skip an international gathering of top diplomats this week due to his “physical condition”, the government in Beijing said, making a rare disclosure about the health of an official. China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will instead attend the annual Asean gathering of foreign ministers in Indonesia. The decision was announced by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday. He declined to elaborate on the nature of Mr Qin’s physical condition. The meetings that began in Jakarta on Tuesday would have put Mr Qin and...