High-profile Chinese gone missing is kind of a phenomena. There was tech tycoon Jack Ma, who criticized China’s financial regulators in 2020, then vanished amid a crackdown on tech entrepreneurs. Famous actress Fan Bingbing disappeared for four months, only to reappear singing praises of the Communist Party. Tennis star Peng Shuai accused a top official of sexual assault and again, went missing only to reappear saying it was all a misunderstanding. And now we have Qin Gang, the foreign minister. Formerly a close ally of Xi Jinping, there are rumors he had an extramarital affair with a TV journalist. So what is really going on here?
Why high-profile personalities and celebrities keep disappearing in China | DW News
