Missing Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang removed from his post


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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023.LEAH MILLIS/AFP/Getty Images Qin Gang, who rose rapidly through the ranks of Chinese politics to become the country’s youngest foreign minister in 70 years, has been removed from his post, Beijing said Tuesday. The 57-year-old was appointed to the job last December, after serving just under two years as China’s ambassador to the United States. He will be replaced as foreign minister by his predecessor, Wang Yi,...