China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang steps down as a lawmaker

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Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday. Qin was dismissed as foreign minister in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years. The 57-year-old served for only seven months before he disappeared from public view last June. The government announced a month later that he had been dismissed from his post. He has yet to reappear publicly....