The Curious Case of China’s Missing Foreign Minister
Commentary
If it turns out to be true that China’s missing foreign minister is under “discipline inspection” by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) own internal party police, he will likely disappear into the little-known secret detention system known (to a few) as Liuzhi.
These strange disappearances, often lasting several months, up to half a year, or even more, are nothing new. Remember former Interpol President Meng Hongwei? Or business moguls like Bao Fan, Yim Fung, and Mao Xiaofeng? Or former Supreme Court Judge Wang Linqing? Or China’s own super entrepreneur Jack Ma?
They all have something in common; they seemingly disappeared into the little-known Guantanamo Bay style, Party-run system for secret, incommunicado detention—except in this case, it is not part of the state or judicial system but run by the CCP without checks or balances….