Zhang Wenjin

Zhang Wenjin (Chinese: 章文晉; 13 July 1914 – 18 February 1991) was a Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States and Canada.^[1]

Zhang participated in historic meetings including Henry Kissinger's secret talks with China's Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in 1971, Zhou's meeting with US President Richard Nixon in 1972, and the Paris peace talks on Vietnam in 1973.^[1]

When Kissinger came to China in 1971 as the first step in normalizing relations, Zhang was the Foreign Ministry's senior official in charge of relations with the West.^[1]

Zhang's death was reported by the China Central Television, and the cause was not specified.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Associated Press (February 23, 1991). "Zhang Wenjin Is Dead; Chinese Envoy Was 76". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

References

Zhang Wenjin Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China.

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v t e Chinese ambassadors to the United States
Qing minister 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Cheng Tsao-Ju 1881–85 Zhang Yinhuan 1885–89 Tsui Kwo Yin 1889–93 Yang Yü 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
Republic of China Envoy 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
Republic of China Ambassador 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Chengting T. Wang 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79
People's Republic of China Liaison Office Chief 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79
People's Republic of China Ambassador 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–21 Qin Gang 2021–23 Xie Feng 2023-present

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