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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. | ||
==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
Wu Zhaohua was born in {{W|Yibin}}, a city in {{W|Sichuan}} province, on 21 March 1949. | Wu Zhaohua was born in {{W|Yibin}}, a city in {{W|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 {{W|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 {{w|University of Peking|Imperial University of Peking}}, but instead ended up choosing international relations, and later attended the {{W|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 {{W|English language}}, and after returning to China in 1972 he went to work | ||
[[Category:Chinese citizens]] | [[Category:Chinese citizens]] | ||
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