Former ambassador to France Wu Jianmin in a file photo from January 2014. Photo: Simon Song Former ambassador to France Wu Jianmin in a file photo from January 2014. Photo: Simon Song
Former ambassador to France Wu Jianmin in a file photo from January 2014. Photo: Simon Song
China /  Diplomacy

War of words erupts between Chinese ex-ambassador and editor of nationalist tabloid

Former envoy Wu Jianmin says Global Times’ boss Hu Xijin fails to present the complexities of international affairs – a criticism brushed off as the thinking of ‘old diplomats’

Laura Zhou
Laura Zhou

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Former ambassador to France Wu Jianmin in a file photo from January 2014. Photo: Simon Song Former ambassador to France Wu Jianmin in a file photo from January 2014. Photo: Simon Song
Former ambassador to France Wu Jianmin in a file photo from January 2014. Photo: Simon Song
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