Speculation appears to be centering on some kind of affair or "personal indiscretion," but that doesn't seem to be a likely reason for somebody quite as high-profile as he is to disappear. Pure speculation on my part, but my read of Qin Gang is that he's more interested in constructive engagement with other countries than the Wang Yi style of pure pressure. If that's actually true, then this could be Wang Yi reasserting more control over the Foreign Ministry which would in turn be a bad signal for the nascent discussions between US and China.
“... Qin Gang, appears to have evaporated...”
Qin Gang is now Qin Gone.
Maybe they don't realize what "inscrutable" means.
Maybe they don't realize what "inscrutable" means.
Maybe he was liquidated?
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A pretty female reporter who interviewed the already married Qin Gang when he was US Ambassador recently had a baby.
She named the baby Er Qin ( translated Qin number 2 or the second Qin ). She was a lead TV reporter of the Phoenix Media Group in Hong Kong. She has also disappeared from the public.
Make of that what you will but the denizens of Chinese Social Media are naughtily winking and nudging each other virtually.
snip...”Curiously, around the time the news that Dong had defected hit, Beijing recalled Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai, replacing him with a Xi Jinping confidant. Intelligence community sources told RedState that Qin Gang, the new Ambassador, was sent to the United States specifically to attempt to shut down any investigation into information Dong brought forward. “
China (or at least HK) is abuzz that he had a mistress, who was a HK TV presenter. The rumor also is that she recently gave birth to his son. Qin Gang rose quickly in the Foreign Ministry ranks due to Xi Jinping
Maybe they should check on of the Chicom Police Stations in the US he could be in their klink, or on his way back to the motherland.