China’s Ousted Foreign Minister Removed From Top Legislature

What’s new: China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang’s membership to the country’s top legislature has been terminated, authorities announced Tuesday, in the latest development following his dismissal last July.

The Tianjin Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee accepted Qin’s resignation from the National People’s Congress (NPC), the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported, quoting an official notice issued by the national legislative body.