14 December 2023

Putin exposed China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang for allegedly leaking military secrets to US

When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, Putin disclosed to Xi that former Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang played a role in the leak of Chinas missile secrets to the US, Asia Sentinel learned from several sources. Qin was sacked as foreign minister on July 25, Asia Sentinel reported. On October 24, Xi personally gave an order to remove Qin as state councillor, a post in the Chinese government equivalent to minister, and dismiss Li Shangfu as defense minister and state councillor. The prolonged disappearance of the former Chinese foreign minister has fuelled suspicions of...