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China, United Kingdom
Liu Jianchao 'scandal' lurks behind Chinese UK ambassador's absence

Published on 16.10.2025 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

China's UK ambassador Zheng Zeguang. © Jordan Pettitt/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom (1/2) – Chinese ambassador to London, Zheng Zeguang, has disappeared from public life since August. Sources have linked his prolonged absence to the sudden fall from grace of the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's powerful International Department, Liu Jianchao .

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