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Tang Jiaxuan

Tang Jiaxuan

Chinese diplomat and politician

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang.

Tang Jiaxuan (Chinese: 唐家璇; pinyin: Táng Jiāxuán) (born January 17, 1938) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who was foreign minister of the People's Republic of China from 1998–2003.

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After various diplomatic postings in Japan, he became Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1991, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1993 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2003. He continued to serve on the State Council until 2008.

Publications

In 2009, Tang published Jing Yu Xu Feng (Chinese: 劲雨煦风; Chinese: 勁雨煦風; pinyin: Jìng Yǔ Xù Fēng), a memoir covering ten years of Tang's experiences in China's Foreign Ministry from 1998 to 2008. It was translated into English and published by Harper in 2011 as Heavy Storm & Gentle Breeze: A Memoir of China's Diplomacy.

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