A profile in the recent Sunday times of China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Wang Guangya. As China’s economic and political might have grown, so have its interests in ensuring that international policy, as directly by an assortment of Western nations at the UN, works to its advantage. Through Wang’s wiley diplomacy, China has evolved from a awkward, quiet, shadow player to a major rival to the US at the United Nations.
Read the piece here.
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