Disappearing ministers show the strength – and weakness – of Xi’s regime
Less than three months after China’s foreign minister vanished, the defence minister is missing and rumoured to be under investigation.
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Katie Stallard is senior editor, China and global affairs, of the New Statesman. She is the author of Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea, and a non-resident global fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC.
Less than three months after China’s foreign minister vanished, the defence minister is missing and rumoured to be under investigation.
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