as a close associate of president xijinping, mr oin was promoted quickly, but his removal without an official explanation continues to fuel speculations over what happened. steven mcdonnell is following this story invasion. of course this story invasion. of course this is absolutely massive news in china and yet in typical fashion it came in such a muted way withjust a fashion it came in such a muted way with just a few sentences read out on the evening television news wollaton that the foreign minister was to be removed from his post and replaced by the communist party s seniorforeign affairs s senior foreign affairs official, s seniorforeign affairs official, someone who has done thejob before. for the chinese people that is all they get and i suppose it is for them to accept it. that is the idea. the government made a decision, this is your foreign minister, he is gone, no more explanation as to why. the interesting