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He was initially assigned as an English translator at the Chinese embassy in the {{W|United Kingdom}} and would spend most of his career focusing on Western Europe or North America. Wu had also been given the task of analysing the political situation in the country. In 1975, Wu received a new assignment as a translator at the embassy in [[Brazoria]]. Upon returning to China in 1979, Wu became a secretary at the Western European Bureau of the Foreign Office. He was also promoted to interpreter first class that same year and translated during several meetings between Chinese officials and English-speaking foreign politicians and diplomats, most famously accompanying the [[Xuantong Emperor]] as his translator during his visit to [[Sierra]] and several other Anglo-American countries. | He was initially assigned as an English translator at the Chinese embassy in the {{W|United Kingdom}} and would spend most of his career focusing on Western Europe or North America. Wu had also been given the task of analysing the political situation in the country. In 1975, Wu received a new assignment as a translator at the embassy in [[Brazoria]]. Upon returning to China in 1979, Wu became a secretary at the Western European Bureau of the Foreign Office. He was also promoted to interpreter first class that same year and translated during several meetings between Chinese officials and English-speaking foreign politicians and diplomats, most famously accompanying the [[Xuantong Emperor]] as his translator during his visit to [[Sierra]] and several other Anglo-American countries. | ||
In 1982 he was sent to China's permanent mission to the [[League of Nations]] in {{W|Geneva}} as a translator. In July 1985 Wu received his first major post when he became China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the LN, which he held until April 1989. He returned and worked at the central office of the Foreign Ministry in Beijing for several years, | In 1982 he was sent to China's permanent mission to the [[League of Nations]] in {{W|Geneva}} as a translator. In July 1985 Wu received his first major post when he became China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the LN, which he held until April 1989. He returned and worked at the central office of the Foreign Ministry in Beijing for several years, briefly serving as the interim Chief of the Western European Bureau from October 1991 to January 1992. In the autumn of 1993 he was appointed as the Chinese Ambassador to {{W|Belgium}}, a post that from 1 November 1993 was also accredited as the ambassador to the {{W|European Union}}. Wu Zhaohua would serve as China's ambassador in Brussels from then until 10 December 2000, a position in which he helped formulate the newly crowned [[Hongxian Emperor]]'s policy of increasing relations with Europe from 1996. Wu also supported different projects and organisations that promoted Chinese culture and teaching the Chinese language in European nations. | ||
===LN ambassador=== | ===LN ambassador=== | ||