Assistant Foreign Minister, China
A specialist in the Middle East and North Africa, Zhai is responsible
for China's West Asian and African relations. The Hebei native
joined the Foreign Ministry after finishing university and was
sent to study Arabic at Cairo University. He returned to Beijing
in 1975, spending five years as a translator before taking an
embassy post in Yemen. He later worked in Saudi Arabia
and served as ambassador to Libya. He was Director-General
of West Asian and North African Affairs until 2006, when he became
Assistant Foreign Minister....
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