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...Wang has been serving as both the top Chinese foreign policy official and in the less influential role of foreign minister since July, after China removed Qin Gang as foreign minister....
...Beijing removed Qin Gang as foreign minister in July, after the diplomat had been absent from public view for a month....
...He will also meet Qin Gang, the former Chinese ambassador to the US and now foreign minister....
...Yi, his predecessor as minister....
...“Wang Yi is a man of many faces....
...“Wang Yi can only do the job of two people for so long.” As Beijing’s envoy to Washington from 2021 to 2023 — a period of historic bilateral tensions — Qin had a difficult time....
...But he is outranked in Chinese diplomacy by Wang Yi, the Communist party’s central committee foreign affairs commission head....
...Analysts said Qin’s replacement with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat and a senior Communist official, reflected an attempt by Xi to re-establish a sense of diplomatic stability at a time of international turbulence...
...China’s state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday that Qin would be replaced by China’s top diplomat Wang Yi but did not give further details....
...Li was the second cabinet minister to be ousted this year, after Qin Gang, Xi’s former foreign minister, was replaced by his predecessor Wang Yi in July following a month-long absence from public commitments...
...Wang is serving as China’s top foreign policy official, as well as foreign minister, replacing Qin Gang after he was removed from the position without explanation in July....
...The position has been vacant for months after Qin departed Washington to become China’s foreign minister....
...Qin was replaced this week by Wang Yi, a veteran diplomat and his predecessor in the post....
...Wang is serving as China’s top foreign policy official, as well as foreign minister after Qin Gang was removed from the post without explanation in July....
...On the abrupt disappearance of China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang, Cleverly said: “I don’t know what the details are, it’s probably not useful for me to speculate.”...
...Former foreign minister Qin Gang was absent from public commitments for a month before he was replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi, last week....
...Blinken met President Xi Jinping in addition to foreign minister Qin Gang and Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat....
...The same month, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official, in Vienna....
...Wang Yi....
...China’s top diplomat Wang Yi is touring Europe this week, where he is set to discuss the Ukraine war with senior Russian officials....
...Blinken on Sunday also held five-and-a-half hours of talks with China’s foreign minister Qin Gang....
...China has warned western countries against “adding fuel to the fire” in Ukraine and reiterated calls for peace talks ahead of an expected visit to Moscow by Beijing’s most senior diplomat Wang Yi....
...Last month, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan held two days of talks in Vienna with Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official....
...US secretary of state Antony Blinken visited China last week for meetings with President Xi Jinping, Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat....
...China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang was absent from public commitments for a month before he was replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi, last week....
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