News in the US continues to report that Qin Gang was fired over an affair.

Maybe.

I think that the interesting thing is that Qin had a child. Pro-life isn’t a thing in China, and it is rather surprising that a high level official wouldn’t simply push for an abortion, especially over an American child: he’s now the father of a US citizen.

Guessing: I think he was sacked because he had a US child — and hid it.