US EditionChina's ex-foreign minister Qin Gang was ousted after alleged affair: Report
- Qin Gang, the former Foreign Minister of China, was found to have engaged in an extramarital affair while he was ambassador to the United States, which raised concerns about potential compromise of China's national security.
- Chinese officials refused to disclose the exact reason for Qin's dismissal as foreign minister, leading to speculation that he had fallen out of favor with President Xi Jinping. However, the investigation into Qin revealed that his removal was due to "lifestyle issues," a euphemism for sexual misconduct.
- Qin's replacement, Wang Yi, took over as foreign minister after Qin's sudden disappearance. The investigation into Qin's conduct is ongoing to determine whether the affair had any implications for China's national security.
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China declines to address WSJ report foreign minister was removed over extramarital affair
By Simone McCarthy and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday declined to address a report its former foreign minister Qin Gang was ousted from his position over an alleged extramarital affair. Earlier that day, the Wall Street Journal reported that Qin, who was abruptly removed from his position this summer, was found by a Communist Party investigation to have been engaged in an extramarital affair while serv…
China ousted foreign minister Qin Gang over affair in US: WSJ report
Top officials in China were told in August that a Communist Party inquiry into Qin uncovered “lifestyle issues,” the newspaper reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation whom it didn't describe. That phrase usually means sexual misbehavior of some type in the parlance of Chinese officialdom.
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