According to Chestnut Greitens, Xi is thought to have professionally chosen Qin and Li to serve as ministries of defense and foreign affairs.
She remarked that” for them to be removed so quickly does raise questions about what information Xi is and is not getting when he selects persons ,” as well as” what’s happening to produce them so rapidly.”
” Participants must consider whether the subject of their conversation has any influence or strength back in Beijing, or whether they will vanish the following day and remain incommunicado for months.”
No AN Standard Mysterious!
The plan appears to have reached the upper strata of the largest military force in the world, as evidenced by the potential treatment of Li Shangfu and the mysterious sacking of Lu Yuchao.
Li Shangfu’s disappearance, according to Lyle Morris, a senior fellow for foreign policy and national security at the Asia Society Policy Institute,” suggests that Xi” s anti-corruption campaign in the PLA( is) nowhere near done.”
Morris continued,” He’s no some mysterious standard that can be ignored.”
China has rejected numerous inquiries about the men’s movements and has yet to ensure that any of them are being investigated.
Foreign department spokesperson Mao Ning responded that Beijing had” already released information about the interview and treatment” when asked this year about Wall Street Journal reports that foreign secretary Qin’s removal was related to an alleged extra-marital affair.
She said,” I am not aware of the other circumstance you mentioned.”
However, there have been no official explanations for the officials’ reputation, which has fueled rumors about the internal workings of the second-largest economy in the world.
At a time when China’s social system is now less visible and more difficult for outsiders to understand, this increases the feeling of uncertainty regarding Chinese foreign policy, according to Chestnut Greitens.