Fly to "Utopia" -- Diplomats View the World

Author: Liu Xinsheng, Pan Zhengxiu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The two authors are a seasoned diplomat couple whose diplomatic experiences are rich and varied, many of which are little-known. Over their 40-year diplomatic career, they have encountered the Sino-Indian border conflict, witnessed the normalization of Sino-Indian relations from thawing to normalcy; experienced the anti-Chinese wave in Indonesia, participated in the Sino-Indonesian diplomatic normalization negotiations; during periods of frequent political upheavals in the Philippines, they were on the scene where the government army and the mutiny forces were armed to the teeth and locked in battle; subsequently, as the first couple of the Chinese Permanent Mission to Brunei, they worked together with a wealthy and uniquely ceremonial country in Asia, shouldering the responsibilities of establishing a new embassy and developing bilateral relations. After concluding their mission abroad and returning to their home country, they were concurrently recalled to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to oversee foreign-related affairs, thus rounding out their diplomatic career.