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'''Wu Zhaohua''' ({{W|Chinese language|Chinese}}: 吳照華, born 21 March 1949) is a [[China|Chinese]] career diplomat who has served as [[Foreign Office (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of the Qing Empire since October 2012. Previously he held many other diplomatic posts, most notably the Chinese Permanent Representative to the [[League of Nations]] from 2001 to 2008. | '''Wu Zhaohua''' ({{W|Chinese language|Chinese}}: 吳照華, born 21 March 1949) is a [[China|Chinese]] career diplomat who has served as [[Foreign Office (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of the Qing Empire since October 2012. Previously he held many other diplomatic posts, most notably the Chinese Permanent Representative to the [[League of Nations]] from 2001 to 2008. | ||
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Wu Zhaohua | |
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吳照華 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2012 | |
| Monarch | Hongxian Emperor |
| Prime Minister |
Zhao Rui Yang Wenli |
| Permanent Representative of China to the League of Nations | |
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In office 2001–2008 | |
| Monarch | Hongxian Emperor |
| Prime Minister | Zhao Rui |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 21, 1949 Yibin, Sichuan Province, Chinese Empire |
Wu Zhaohua (Chinese: 吳照華, born 21 March 1949) is a Chinese career diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Qing Empire since October 2012. Previously he held many other diplomatic posts, most notably the Chinese Permanent Representative to the League of Nations from 2001 to 2008.
Early life and career
Wu Zhaohua was born in Yibin, a city in Sichuan province, on 21 March 1949. His father had been an official for the Imperial Government during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor, having graduated from the Hanlin Academy. During school, he was an athlete, enjoying wrestling, and his favorite class was physics. Wu originally planned to study that subject at the Imperial University of Peking, but instead ended up choosing international relations, and later attended the London School of Economics. This was around the time that China began implementing reforms and increasingly opening up to the world. He graduated with a master's degree in international relations and the English language, and after returning to China in 1972 he went to work