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Top Chinese official 'taken in for questioning'
Gulf Today
|August 11, 2025
Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential future foreign minister, has been taken away by authorities for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Liu was taken away after returning to Beijing in late July from an overseas work trip, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
China's State Council Information Office, which handles media queries for the Chinese government, and the Chinese Communist Party International Liaison Department did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
Liu, 61, has led the Communist Party's body in charge of managing ties with foreign political parties.
Since taking the role in 2022, he has travelled to more than 20 nations and met officials from more than 160 countries.
This story is from the August 11, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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