Commentary: What to make of China not appointing new foreign minister at ‘two sessions’

Commentary: What to make of China not appointing new foreign minister at ‘two sessions’

LIU JIANCHAO CHANGES TO QIN GANG

Both Mr. Liu and Mr. Qin have worked for the unusual agency’s information department, which is where all spokespersons get training, and they share similar personality and experience.

In contrast to other ambassadors, foreign government spokespersons need better communication skills and language proficiency, especially with foreign journalists.

Mr. Liu, who attended Oxford University in the 1980s and spent four years in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, and the two people are somewhat fluent in English. They exhibit the calm assurance that some Chinese officials lack when confronted by local and foreign visitors.

Both are funny and funny. In a press briefing in 2008, Mr. Liu remarked,” Sometimes I need to watch out, not just for who is raising their hands, but also for who is taking off their boots,” after an Iraqi writer threw his boots at then US President George W. Bush. When Mr. Qin became China’s adviser to the US, he joked about being referred to as a wolf hero. The internet has stopped calling me that way now that I’ve returned as foreign secretary. He said next time,” I feel a little lost,” he said. &nbsp,

Mr. Liu’s hard actions led the party’s strategy in the mid-2010s – named Operation Fox Hunt – to bring back corrupt authorities from abroad, despite Mr. Qin’s speech being occasionally fierier. Mr. Liu demonstrated his bargaining prowess by exposing himself as a captives and recovering significant sums of stolen money overseas. &nbsp,

Mr. Liu gained regional management experience by working as a deputy gathering director in a rural county of Liaoning state, unlike Mr. Qin and many other job officials.