This is CBS, I'm the World, I'm John Batch with Gordon Chang,

Atcordin G. Chang, my colleague, co-host, and very good friend.

And our friend is Charles Burton of the MacDonald

Lorry Institute, who's going to help us advance a story that is difficult

because it keeps disappearing when I read the headlines.

A man named Chin Gong, remember him?

He has disappeared, and I mean disappeared.

He's not on websites.

He's not mentioned.

I'm ready to see the video of Chin Gong as a ambassador to the United States,

shooting foul shots at a Washington Wizards game.

I'm ready to imagine that that video is going to disappear so that the baskets are made

by somebody who doesn't exist.

Charles, this is a demonstration of the Chinese Communist Party to the American people.

What are we learning from disappearing a man who was on his way up?

A young man with good English skills picked by Xi Jinping to lead the foreign ministry.

What is the lesson learned?

Good evening to you, Charles.

Good evening.

Well, I mean, I think one thing is that the fact that he was picked by Xi Jinping was rapidly

promoted through the system to this very senior post, suggests that there's something

going on in the higher levels of Chinese communism beyond whether or not Mr. Chin had a relationship

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