A CHINESE POWER COUPLE

He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) in 1972 and then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in the same year, was sent to study at the University of Havana in Cuba . [ 3 ] After graduating, he worked as an employee at the Chinese embassy in Havana . In 1980 he returned to China and served as third secretary and deputy director of the Department of the Americas and Oceania of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1988 he was appointed First Secretary of the Embassy in Nicaragua . In 1990 he was transferred to the role of Counselor at the embassy in Cuba and three years later he returned once again to study at BFSU. In 1998 he was promoted to Director of the Latin American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from 2001 he began his career as an ambassador, serving in Mexico . [ 4 ] In 2003 he returned to China and served as Deputy Minister. In 2006 he wa...