Qiao Guanhua
| Qiao Guanhua | |
|---|---|
| 乔冠华 | |
| Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China | |
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In office 1974–1976 |
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| President | abolished |
| Premier | Zhou Enlai |
| Preceded by | Ji Pengfei |
| Succeeded by | Huang Hua |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 28, 1913 Yancheng, Republic of China |
| Died | September 22, 1983 (aged 70) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) |
Gong Peng (1943－1970, her death) Zhang Hanzhi (1973－1983, his death) |
| Children | Qiao Zonghuai (son) Qiao Songdu (daughter) Hung Huang (stepdaughter) |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
Qiao Guanhua (simplified Chinese: 乔冠华; traditional Chinese: 喬冠華; pinyin: Qiáo Guānhuá; Wade–Giles: Ch'iao Kuan-hua; March 28, 1913 - September 22, 1983) was a politician and diplomat in the People's Republic of China and played an important role in the talks with Henry Kissinger on the opening of China and the drafting of the Shanghai Communiqué.
Qiao Guanhua was born in Yancheng in 1913; his father was a local land-owner, considered relatively illuminated. Since his childhood, Qiao Guanhua showed a great intelligence, especially remarkable memory, so he repeatedly skipped school grades, and was admitted to the Tsinghua University at the age of 16. While he was studying philosophy there, he came in contact with Marxism and engaged in several activities led by the Communist Party of China.
Qiao Guanhua graduated in 1933 and went to Japan to continue his studies at the Tokyo Imperial University. He joined the Japanese Communist Party, leading to his expulsion from the university. He was then forced to travel to Germany, where he obtained a PhD at the University of Tübingen in 1936, when he was 23 years old.
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