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HU DINGYI
Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
1. Born 24 December 1921 in Sichuan (the first
Ambassador to Britain not from Guangdong. He champions
the interests of his home city, Chor-qing, the province's
largest industrial centre, on the Yangtse, where many
classmates have senior positions.
University graduate.
His diplomatic career began in 1950 as Third Secretary in
New Delhi.
2. He has had three postings to London
1954-58 as
Third, subsequently Second, Secretary; 1972-79 as First
Secretary, subsequently Cultural and Press Counsellor,
and since May 1985 as Ambassador.
3.
In 1966 the
He has also spent six years in Accra.
Ghanaian government declared him and two other Chinese
diplomats "undesirable" and asked them to leave.
He
served in the United States as Consul-General in San
Fransisco 1973-83 and as Minister in the Embassy in
Washington 1983-84.
4. His wife, Madame Xie Heng, was Second Secretary in
the Embassy during Hu's last posting to London.
They are
both unusually open-minded for Chinese diplomats and
share an interest in the theatre. She has taken a close
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