China’s tough ‘wolf warrior’ returns as foreign minister

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Wang was reappointed foreign minister after the once high-flying Xi favourite Qin Gang was suddenly removed from his post this week without explanation. Even by the opaque standards of China’s Communist party, the Qin episode stands out. After a month-long absence, first ascribed to “health reasons” but later left unexplained, he was ousted by an emergency meeting of China’s rubber-stamp parliament in one of the highest profile disappearances of a senior cabinet member during Xi’s presidency. For Wang, who outranked Qin in the less high-profile role of the party’s head of foreign policy, the challenge now is to restore credibility...