China Ousts Ex-Foreign Minister Qin Gang From Elite Party Body
- Central Committee accepts ‘comrade’ Qin’s resignation: Xinhua
- Qin stays Communist Party member, suggesting less severe fate
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China’s ruling Communist Party ousted former Foreign Minister Qin Gang from a top leadership body more than a year after his mysterious disappearance from public view.
The party’s elite Central Committee accepted Qin’s resignation from the body, according to a communique released by the official Xinhua News Agency at the end of a twice-a-decade conclave in Beijing. No reason was given in the statement, which continues to refer to Qin as “comrade.”