China dismisses Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong
Al Jazeera·8h ago·Neutral
What Happened
China's Ministry of Human Resources announced the dismissal of Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong on Tuesday, citing a State Council decision. The ministry provided no explanation or dismissal date. Sun's last public meetings were with ambassadors from Brunei, Malaysia, and Pakistan in mid-March. Such removals typically signal high-level disciplinary action. An Lusheng, deputy director of the National Railway Administration, was also dismissed. Since 2012, President Xi Jinping's anticorruption campaign has disciplined 938,000 people.
Key Entities
Sun WeidongChinaMinistry of Foreign AffairsXi JinpingState CouncilAn Lusheng