- Annmarie, I'm gonna suggest, this is not a surprise
but I would suggest there's a massive mystery to this.
What does Washington believe happened?
- Well, it is not a surprise
that we have this movement today.
That was pretty much
given a nod- - Yes.
- From the Chinese government.
Yesterday, this was down the coming down the pipeline.
But what we still don't know is what happened to Qin Gang.
This is the former US ambassador.
He was elevated at a very young age,
one of the youngest we've seen in 70 years
to be a foreign minister in China, handpicked.
And he's been missing for a month.
We have not seen him since
he took some diplomatic engagements on June 25th.
And there's been a lot of speculation
within the Chinese press as well
that has not been censored by the Chinese government.
One of those that he had an extramarital affair.
We do know how China feels when you start to poke around
and try to find out what's going on with officials.
Maybe a health concern, but we just do not know.
When Jake Sullivan was asked about it, he said,
"We don't know,"
Quote, literally, "We don't know."
So, there's gonna remain a lot of speculation about this.
But China clearly was under pressure
to make sure- - Right.
- They had an individual to represent them
because some foreign diplomats
were also starting to cancel some trips.