Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat heading the foreign relations department of the ruling Communist Party, has been detained for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
The 61-year-old senior diplomat was taken away for questioning in late July after returning to Beijing from an overseas work trip, the paper reported, quoting people familiar with the matter.
There is, however, no official confirmation of his detention yet.
Liu, the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is regarded as the potential future foreign minister and shares close ties with President Xi Jinping.
Liu led a CPC delegation that attended the Liberation Movements Summit in South Africa on July 28, according to the official media here.
The news of Liu’s detention, coming ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held in China’s Tianjin city later this month, sent shock waves across the Chinese official and diplomatic …
​Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat heading the foreign relations department of the ruling Communist Party, has been detained for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
The 61-year-old senior diplomat was taken away for questioning in late July after returning to Beijing from an overseas work trip, the paper reported, quoting people familiar with the matter.
There is, however, no official confirmation of his detention yet.
Liu, the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is regarded as the potential future foreign minister and shares close ties with President Xi Jinping.
Liu led a CPC delegation that attended the Liberation Movements Summit in South Africa on July 28, according to the official media here.
The news of Liu’s detention, coming ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held in China’s Tianjin city later this month, sent shock waves across the Chinese official and diplomatic …Â
