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China Dismisses Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong

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Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong’s sudden dismissal comes amid a wave of removals amid anticorruption campaign.

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China Dismisses Vice Foreign Minister in Charge of Korean Peninsula Affairs and Excludes Wang Yi from Visit to North Korea. The Chinese government announced on the 14th that it has dismissed Sun Weidong, the Vice Foreign Minister responsible for Asian diplomacy including the Korean Peninsula. On the same day, the State Council carried out personnel changes for state officials, including the dismissal of Vice Minister Sun. Vice Minister Sun is fr…

According to an official announcement from the Chinese Communist Party, Sun Weidong has been removed from his post as Vice Foreign Minister. Sun Weidong is not yet of retirement age, and his current whereabouts are unknown.

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조선일보 broke the news in on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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