China has replaced its foreign minister, absent from public for a month
China is removing its foreign minister, Qin Gang, and reappointing his predecessor, veteran diplomat Wang Yi, to fill the position.
Qin Gang
China's New U.S. Ambassador Pioneered The Foreign Ministry's Brash Tone
Qin Gang brought a tougher style to China's foreign ministry pulpit. Now he is Beijing's man in Washington, inheriting a hard post amid the most fraught relations in years between China and the U.S.