'And then there were none': Another Chinese minister disappears from the public eye

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : General Li was last seen in public on 29 August, when he delivered a keynote speech at the third China-Africa Peace and Security Forum in Beijing.
42% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}The whereabouts of China's defence minister have been called into question as he has not been seen in public for almost two weeks now.
40% : Since then, the 57-year-old diplomat, a close confidante of Mr Xi, has not been seen in public amid rumours of his extramarital affair with a TV presenter.
39% : The two generals - Li Yuchao, chief of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) rocket force unit, and his deputy, Liu Guangbin - have not been seen in public for months.
36% : Similarly, it came to light in July that foreign minister Qin Gang had not been seen in public for more than three weeks.
34% : "First, foreign minister Qin Gang goes missing, then the Rocket Force commanders go missing, and now defence minister Li Shangfu hasn't been seen in public for two weeks.

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