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State security official named the foreign ministry’s discipline chief

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A former spook has taken over as discipline chief at China's foreign ministry (MoFA). On July 7, multiple outlets reported that Li Qian, a former vice minister of state security, had been appointed head of the MoFA's anti-corruption team, a post that had been vacant for about six months. The move ha...