Tang Jiaxuan
| Tang Jiaxuan | |
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| 唐家璇 | |
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| State Councilor | |
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In office 17 March 2003 – 17 March 2008 Serving with Chen Zhili, Hua Jianmin, Cao Gangchuan, Zhou Yongkang |
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| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Preceded by | Wang Zhongyu, Wu Yi, Ismail Amat |
| Succeeded by | Liu Yandong, Liang Guanglie, Ma Kai, Meng Jianzhu, Dai Bingguo |
| Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China | |
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In office 17 March 1998 – 17 March 2003 |
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| Premier | Zhu Rongji |
| Preceded by | Qian Qichen |
| Succeeded by | Li Zhaoxing |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 January 1938 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, Republic of China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Fudan University Peking University |
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Tang Jiaxuan (Chinese: 唐家璇; pinyin: Táng Jiāxuán) (born January 17, 1938) was foreign minister of the People's Republic of China from 1998–2003.
After various diplomatic postings in Japan, he became Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1991, Vice minister of foreign affairs in 1993 and Minister of foreign affairs from 1998 to 2003. He continued to serve on the State Council until 2008.
In 2009, Tang published Jing Yu Xu Feng (Chinese: 劲雨煦风; Chinese: 勁雨煦風; pinyin: Jìng Yǔ Xù Fēng), a memoir covering ten years of Tang's experiences in China's Foreign Ministry from 1998-2008. It was translated into English and published by Harper in 2011 as Heavy Storm & Gentle Breeze: A Memoir of China's Diplomacy.
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