Washington welcomes China's new envoy
Updated: 2013-04-19 13:27
(China Daily)
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China's ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, was officially welcomed to his new post at a reception on Wednesday evening in the Chinese Embassy in Washington. About 600 guests greeted Cui, a veteran diplomat who most recently served as his country's vice-minister of foreign affairs. He was previously ambassador to Japan and a member of the Chinese delegation at the United Nations. The 61-year-old native of Zhejiang earned degrees from the School of Foreign Languages at East China Normal University and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. He returned to the US capital in early April, succeeding Zhang Yesui, who is now back in Beijing with the foreign ministry. Chen Bei / China Daily |
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Dignitaries and friends listen as Ambassador Cui speaks. From left: Jan Berris, vice-president of the National Committee on United States-China Relations; Delaware Governor Jack Markell; Jeanne Barnett, widow of noted China scholar A. Doak Barnett, who was one of Cui's professors at Johns Hopkins University; Carla Hills, chairwoman of the NCUSCR; Cui's wife, Ni Peijun; Daniel Poneman, US deputy secretary of energy; US Representative Grace Meng of New York; and US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns. All Photos by Zhang Jun for China Daily (except as indicated) |
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Ambassador Cui talks to Jeanne Barnett, widow of A. Doak Barnett, a noted China scholar who was one of his professors at Johns Hopkins University. |
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Cui and his wife Ni Peijun talk to Congresswoman Grace Meng of New York. |
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The ambassador greets Carla Hills, chairwoman of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and a former US trade representative. |
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Cui and his wife greet the NCUSCR's Jan Berris. |
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Cui with David Shambaugh of George Washington University. |
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Cui with Kenneth Lieberthal of the Brookings Institution. |
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Cui and his wife greet Ernestine Wang (left), wife of Chi Wang, president of the US-China Policy Foundation, and Anna Chennault, widow of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, who commanded an American air force fleet, known as the Flying Tigers, that helped China repel Japan's invasion during World War II. |
(China Daily 04/19/2013 page11)
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