Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang has been removed from his post as China's permanent representative to the World Trade Organization, state media reported on Monday, just days after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described him as "unhinged".

Li, during a visit to Washington in August, had allegedly threatened that "China would unleash chaos on the global system if the US went ahead with our docking fees for Chinese ships", Bessent said in an interview with media outlet CNBC on Wednesday.

His behaviour was "slightly unhinged", Bessent added.

China's Xinhua news agency published on Monday a list of ambassadorial appointments and changes, including the removal of Li from his posting as the country's permanent representative to the WTO.

When asked if this move was related t

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