Liu Xiaoming
| Liu Xiaoming | |
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| People's Republic of China Ambassador to United Kingdom | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office March 2010 | |
| President | Hu Jintao Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Fu Ying |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 Jieyang, Guangdong, China |
| Liu Xiaoming | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘晓明 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉曉明 | ||||||
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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.
Liu Xiaoming (born 1956 in Jieyang, Guangdong) is a Chinese diplomat currently serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom. He graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Languages with a major in English and undertook further studies in the USA, obtaining a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Foreign Affairs at Tufts University in 1983.[1]
Between 2001 and 2003, Liu acted as China's ambassador in Egypt, and from 2006 to 2010 as Chinese ambassador in North Korea. In 2010 he replaced Fu Ying as Chinese ambassador in the UK.[2]
References
- ↑ "Liu Xiaoming". Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Chinese President Hu Jintao Appoints New Ambassadors". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. March 9, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2012.