Espionage, scandal, and the love affair that shook Beijing

Lei's Looking Glass

2 Oct 2025  #leislookingglass #china #fuxiaotian

From Los Angeles to Beijing, from Phoenix TV to MI6, Fu Xiaotian’s secret life and her affair with China’s foreign minister Qin Gang shook the world. She was more than a glamorous TV anchor: Fu was a journalist, a notorious mistress, and—some say—a spy. In 2023, she boarded a private jet with her infant son, posted a smiling selfie, and vanished hours later. Her disappearance soon tied directly to Qin Gang, who also mysteriously fell from power. Was it a private scandal—or a global espionage plot that gutted China’s Rocket Force?