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China replaces high-level diplomat after reported detention

Liu Jianchao, previously tipped to be next foreign minister, has not been seen publicly in months

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

China replaces senior diplomat who hasn’t been seen since ‘disciplinary probe’

Liu Jianchao has not been seen in public since July amid speculation that he has been detained for disciplinary reasons

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao ‘taken in for questioning by police’

Liu was widely regarded as a potential future foreign minister

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2025

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Top Chinese general ousted from body that oversees China’s military

Purge is latest sign president Xi Jinping’s anti corruption drive has reached highest echelons of armed forces

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

Ex-Foreign Minister Resigns From Communist Party’s Central Committee

Qin Gang’s departure from the top decision-making body comes about a year after he was removed from his position

Caixin Global · Jul 18, 2024

Chinese Communist party expels two ex-defence ministers for corruption

Li Shangfu, who vanished from public life last year, and Wei Fenghe accused of accepting gifts and facilitating benefits

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

China Two Sessions: premier Li Qiang will not speak to press in break with tradition

Annual appearances were rare opportunity for foreign media to engage with high-ranking Chinese officials

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

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Intrigue swirls about possible reshuffles as China’s parliament convenes

Policy blueprint to be set out for year ahead and big personnel changes may be announced

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024

China's Former Foreign Minister Resigns Amid Political Turmoil

China's former foreign minister Qin Gang resigns amidst political changes and security concerns, reflecting complexities under President Xi Jinping's leade...

China-Africa relations in 2023: key moments and events to remember

In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations were, in comparison, a steady and stable norm.

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2023

How much trouble is Xi really in? Outgunned Taiwan may be about to find out

Cracks are appearing in China’s monolithic regime – and its leader might decide a military adventure will strengthen his grip on power

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023

Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience

Analysts say the removal of China’s foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

China removes Li Shangfu as defense minister, who was out of public eye for 2 months

China's leadership has formally dismissed the country's defense minister, Li Shangfu, two months after he disappeared from the public eye — the second minister to be removed recently.

WEKU · Oct 24, 2023

China fires defence minister not seen in public for two months

In July, Foreign Minister Qin Gang was also removed from his position without explanation.

Al Jazeera · Oct 24, 2023

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The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

China announces the removal of defense minister missing for almost 2 months with little explanation

Chinese state media are reporting that the country has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

The Guardian view on disappearances in China: silence sends a sinister message

Editorial: Several senior officials have conspicuously vanished. But it is ordinary people, especially Uyghurs, who are most vulnerable

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

China's top diplomat calls on US to host an APEC summit that is cooperative, not confrontational

China’s foreign minister has called on the U.S. to do what it can to host a cooperative meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in November

The Times of India · Sep 19, 2023

Who is China’s defense minister and why is he missing?

BEIJING: Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu has disappeared from public view, adding to speculation about potential trouble within the upper echelons of the nation’s leadership.

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The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

China's foreign minister Wang Yi heads to Moscow after meeting US national security adviser

China’s top foreign policy official is heading to Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser over the weekend in Malta

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

‘He’s had a bad summer’: Xi faces calls to loosen grip as China’s crises mount

Floods, economic headwinds and disappearing ministers aside, experts say the Chinese leader’s iron grip on power may be his biggest problem

France 24 · Sep 16, 2023

Questions swirl around Xi’s motives after a second top minister disappears in China

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. The disappearance of this top official close to President Xi Jinping comes two months after that of now-former foreign affairs minister Qin Gang, and follows the dismissal of a pair of influential military generals.…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

Li Shangfu: speculation grows over fate of China’s missing defence minister

Li Shangfu, who has not been seen for nearly three weeks, is under house arrest, claims US ambassador to Japan

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2023

China’s defence minister Li Shuangfu is missing: What do we know so far?

Li was last seen in Beijing at the end of August when he gave a keynote address at a forum with African countries.

The Times of India · Sep 11, 2023

Rumours swirl over whereabouts of China's defense minister Li Shangfu

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for unity and stability within the military during an inspection in the northeast, just as speculation mounts over the whereabouts of the country’s defense minister.

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2023

China is switching away from its aggressive 'wolf warrior' foreign policy – here's why

As India prepares to host the G20 summit on September 9, there’s one person not readying his plane for the gathering of world leaders. China’s president Xi Jinping, who has attended every meeting of this summit since 2013, is not going.

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