Steve HermanDec 6, 2023
Politico Europe: Two sources say former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang died, either from suicide or torture, in late July in a military hospital in Beijing that treats China’s top leaders. https://www.politico.eu/article/chinas-paranoid-purge-xi-jinping-li-keqiang-qin-gang-li-shangfu/
China’s Xi goes full Stalin with purge

In a sign of instability in Beijing’s top ranks, foreign policy and defense officials are vanishing as Xi roots out perceived enemies.

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@w7voa "In the minds of many in China, “heart attack in a swimming pool” has the same connotation that “falling out of a window” does for Russian apparatchiks who anger or offend Vladimir Putin."
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