Tokyo [Japan], September 15 (ANI): The US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, on Friday raised questions over the absence of Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu’s absence from the general public view for 3 weeks. Emanuel requested whether or not Li Shangfu missed his assembly with the Singaporean Chief of Navy as he has been positioned below home arrest.
In a submit shared on X, Rahm Emanuel referenced a quote from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” In the submit, the US diplomat additionally used the hashtag “MysteryInBeijingBuilding.” Emanuel posted additional, “As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet,”Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” 1st: Defense Minister Li Shangfu hasn’t been seen or heard from in 3 weeks. 2nd: He was a no-show for his journey to Vietnam. Now: He’s absent from his scheduled assembly with the Singaporean Chief of Navy as a result of he was positioned on home arrest???…
Might be getting crowded in there. Good news is I heard he is paid off his mortgage with the Country Garden actual property builders.”Li Shangfu was final seen on August 29, when he made an tackle on the China-Africa Peace and Security Forum in Beijing, in response to The Washington Post report.
Earlier in August, he visited Belarus and Russia. He held a gathering with Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu in Moscow.
He is due to participate in a significant worldwide defence and safety convention on the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, The Washington Post reported. Li, who was appointed China’s minister in March, is one in every of 5 state councillors.
Li Shangfu is the second senior authorities minister to have a chronic absence from public view after China’s former international minister Qin Gang was sacked in July. Earlier on July 25, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who had been lacking from the general public eye for over a month was changed by Wang Yi by the nation’s Parliament, reported state media Xinhua. Wang Yi had beforehand served because the nation’s international minister for practically 10 months.
The voting for a similar was held on the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), in response to Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order to effectuate the choice.
Qin was final seen in public on June 25, when he met his counterparts from Russia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. His deliberate conferences since then have both been cancelled, or prime diplomat Wang has gone in Qin’s place, The Washington Post reported. Wang had represented China at diplomatic summits in Jakarta and Johannesburg rather than Qin.
The US publication said that Qin’s elimination preceded weeks of silence throughout which Qin’s personal ministry refused to supply any info relating to his whereabouts, there was wild hypothesis about every little thing from important political or private missteps to a critical illness.
Every week earlier than Qin vanished, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met him in Beijing, they usually made an settlement that the Chinese international minister would reciprocate by travelling to Washington, in response to the Washington Post. (ANI)