Play Diplomacy -- An Autobiography of a Serving Chinese Diplomat: An Autobiography of a Serving Chinese Diplomat

Author: Chen Weixiong
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Some say, "Weak countries have no room for diplomacy," because such countries lack the ability to conduct diplomacy. Others say, "Strong countries have no need for diplomacy," because such countries have the capability to avoid it! So, what is the purpose of diplomacy, and how can one play it well? A newly posted ambassador to a developed country wrote in his arrival report, "I felt on edge all day, as if walking on thin ice." Another newly appointed ambassador to a UN multilateral post wrote in his arrival report, "Like a bull" (on page), "." The author is a career diplomat who has worked in both underdeveloped Sierra Leone and developed superpower the United States. They have experienced both small-scale and grand settings. On the dazzling stage of diplomacy, they have served as understudies for important figures and have also personally been called upon to step into the spotlight multiple times. With their humorous and witty language, as well as comments that are "high in quality, angle, and impact," they reveal to the outside world how the "eighteen kinds of martial arts" and "writing tools" are actually "used" in the front and back stages of diplomacy.