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Scandals Believed to Wrack Chinese Leadership

Foreign minister’s affair rumored with suspected double agent, senior rocket officers reportedly purged

Our Correspondent
Jul 18, 2023
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The disappearance of Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and the recent fate of senior Chinese officers in the country’s strategic missile command suggests all is not well in China. The Chinese government has not denied rumors of an affair between Qin and a high-powered and well-connected Phoenix Television reporter, Fu Xiaotian, who is suspected of being…

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