BEIJING - Six months after China sacked its foreign minister under mysterious and unexplained circumstances, it could be close to naming a successor, potentially during its annual parliamentary season in March.
Political pundits have their money on seasoned diplomat Liu Jianchao, after he made a recent high-profile visit to the United States where he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer, and spoke at an event organised by think-tank Council on Foreign Relations.
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