The Chinese authorities detained Liu Jianchao diplomat on the probe, reported The Wall Street Journal and quoted people familiar with this matter.
Liu was taken at the end of July after arriving in Beijing along the overseas road, said paper and added a reason for detainment. Liu is led by the International Department of the Communist Party, the Agency for Foreign Political Parties and in parallel with the Chinese Foreign Ministry. He played a role since May 2022.
Liu was generally expected to take over Wang Yi as the highest diplomat in Beijing. Wang was re -appointed as Foreign Minister in July 2023 after Qin Gang was suddenly expelled into his role for less than a year. Qin has not been seen in public since his release.
“It’s a big problem. Liu has been perceived as someone who could replace Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the future,” said Alfred Wu, associate professor at the Singapore University Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Beijing’s intervention against corruption, especially focused on high -ranking officials, also serves to strengthen the legitimacy and popularity of XI among ordinary people by showing his determination to fight corruption, he said.
While Wu warned that details of detainees are unclear-and they may never be revealed that when higher Chinese government officials are questioned when corruption problems are questioned.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to WeChat’s report, which was looking for a comment outside normal working hours. WSJ said Liu and the international department could not be approached.
The official website of the International Ministry showed that the last public activity of LIU was 29 July, when it met local officials in Algeria.
Liu has a long history at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After studying international relations at Oxford University in 1986-1987, he worked as a translator before turning bureaucracy and finally ended up in the information department.
In 2009 he was promoted to the Ambassador to the Philippines, which is traditionally important position in the Chinese diplomatic corps. In 2015, he was moved from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Wing of International Affairs of the Supreme Anti -Corruption Unit. Liu took advantage of his background in foreign policy to coordinate with other countries, including the US, and helped track corrupt officials overseas when XI accelerated his flagship.
Liu’s Gard-Buster Resume was strengthened when he became the head of the corruption of Zhejiang province in 2017.
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In 2018, Liu returned to Beijing as Deputy Director of the New Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs. The Commission, led by Yang Jiechi, was part of the XI effort to consolidate the party control over diplomacy.
Liu was promoted to the head of the International Department in June 2022. The agency was traditionally entrusted with maintaining ties with parties by colleagues of communist countries such as North Korea and Vietnam, and other friendly nations such as Cambodia and Russia.
Under his watch, the ministry took over a public profile, while Liu hosted the Ambassador and meetings with Foreign Ministers from Western countries, including Australia and the USA.
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