Wang Guangya

Wang Guangya

Wang Guangya (王光亚) (born 1950) is a Chinese diplomat who is China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations. Wang was also President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February 2004.

Background, education and family

Wang was born in Jiangsu Province in 1950.Fact|date=July 2008 He is a graduate of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics. [cite web|publisher=Johns Hopkins Magazine|title=Alumni News|date=February, 2004|url=http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0204web/alumnews.html] Wang is married to Chen Yi's daughter Cong Jun. [ [http://news.sohu.com/20070925/n252351031.shtml "Sohu"] in Chinese]

According to a September 2006 profile of Wang in "The New York Times Magazine", he was considered the top contender for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing in 2007. [James Traub, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/magazine/03ambassador.html "The World According to China"] , "The New York Times Magazine", September 3, 2006.]

Iran's nuclear program

On May 3, when Britain and France introduced a U.N. Security Council resolution insisting Iran end its nuclear program, Wang commented, "I don't think this draft as it stands now will produce good results. I think it's tougher than expected." [cite news|publisher=ABC News|title=Britain, France Introduce Iran Resolution|date=3 May, 2006|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1920153&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312]

References

External links

* [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography_display.php?id=1344 Wang Guangya biography @ China Vitae, the web's largest online database of China VIPs]
* [http://www.china-un.org/eng/gywm/czdbt/wgy/t40636.htm Biography]
* [http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/xw/t84136.htm Princeton University speech in April 2004]
* [http://chicagosociety.uchicago.edu/china/coverage.htm University of Chicago speech in April 2006] at Chicago Society's "China and the Future of the World" conference


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