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4.
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The most prominent personalities in NCNA are as follows:
Xu Jiatun. At the time of his appointment, Xu Jiatun was a
member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party and the most senior Chinese official ever to have been
stationed in Hong Kong. He retired from the Central
Committee at the recent party delegates' conference but retained his Hong Kong post. He has adopted a much higher
profile than any of his predecessors and has at time s
consciously encouraged the public in Hong Kong to think of
him as a kind of shadow governor. He is generally affable,
talks freely to the press at public functions, but is still
very much a mainland official and is somewhat hampered by his
inability to speak either Cantonese or English.
Li Chuwen, Deputy Director. Li is the most senior of the
Deputy Directors. He was Director of the Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Bureau before coming to Hong Kong with Xu.
is
smooth urbane, speaks excellent English and
demonstrates a sophisticated knowledge of Hong Kong and the
He claims to have been a priest, even during
He
outside world.
the cultural revolution.
(c)
a
Qiao Zonghuai.
Son of former Foreign Minister, Qiao Guanhua,
relatively recent arrival who may
Director.
become eventually
NCNA
Recently appointed an alternate member of the
Central Committee. A member of the Sino-British Joint
Liaison Group. Understands but does not speak much English. A typical example of the younger generation being groomed for succession to senior posts. Good family
family connections and a
taste for the finer things in life as a result of his
privileged upbringing.
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