Do you remember this story from last summer? China’s President Xi Jinping had promoted Qin Gang to the position of foreign minister. Qin was known for his “wolf warrior” diplomacy, a reference to a Chinese action film series that is sort of the Chinese equivalent of Rambo. Qin had a habit of spouting off about America in a way that Xi Jinping must have liked.
And then last summer he disappeared.
For three weeks no one knew where he’d gone or why. Was he ill? Had he been arrested? The leading theory was that Qin had been caught having an affair with an attractive Chinese news presenter named Fu Xiaotian. She also disappeared at the same time.
…television presenter Fu Xiaotian has also not been seen for some time, as well as her infant son.
The Cambridge-educated presenter is one of the most prominent figures on Chinese television and frequently interviews the state’s top…
