Qin Gang, China’s Foreign Minister, Is Replaced

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Only five weeks ago, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, was at the center of a critical reset in U.S.-China relations: He shook hands with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Beijing, and accepted an invitation to visit the United States. But in a sign of the unpredictability of China’s elite politics, Mr. Qin was abruptly removed as foreign minister on Tuesday after having disappeared from public view for 30 days. The turnabout ended the career of a diplomat who leaped to the top as one of President Xi Jinping’s most trusted rising stars. “The suddenness and opacity surrounding Qin’s...