- 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 thePeople's Republic of China to theUnited Nations . Wang was also President of theUnited Nations Security Council for the month ofFebruary 2004 .Background, education and family
Wang was born in
Jiangsu Province in 1950.Fact|date=July 2008 He is a graduate of theSchool of Advanced International Studies atJohns Hopkins University and theLondon 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 toChen 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 andFrance 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] atChicago Society 's "China and the Future of the World" conference
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