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Liu Xiaoming
Liu Xiaoming (Chinese: 刘晓明; born January 16, 1956) is a Chinese diplomat who is currently the special representative of the Chinese government on the Korean Peninsula affairs.
Liu previously served as the Chinese ambassador to Egypt from 2001 to 2003, the ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2010, and the ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2021.
Liu graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Languages with a major in English and undertook further studies in the United States, obtaining a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1983.
Between 2001 and 2003, Liu acted as China's ambassador in Egypt, and from 2006 to 2010 as Chinese ambassador in North Korea.
In 2010 he replaced Fu Ying as Chinese ambassador in the UK.
In 2014, Liu likened Japan to Lord Voldemort, the villain in the Harry Potter series, by writing in The Telegraph: "If militarism is like the haunting Voldemort of Japan, the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo is a kind of horcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation's soul." In response, Keiichi Hayashi, the Japanese ambassador to the UK, wrote an op-ed in the same newspaper headlined: "China risks becoming Asia's Voldemort".
In 2018, Liu published a signed article in The Guardian on the subject of the US-China trade war, noting that while China was still open to negotiation, the US is maintaining a position of unilateralism. In early May 2018, Liu noted that the North Korean government was closely watching the details surrounding the United States withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
On November 24, 2019, a BBC reporter confronted Liu over the Xinjiang internment camps at a press conference in London. Liu dismissed the claims as "fake news". On November 25, 2019, the Financial Times published a column by Liu. He said "I am convinced that flourishing educational co-operation is an important source of strength for relations between China and the UK". He further said "Recently, however, the House of Commons foreign affairs select committee issued a report accusing China of "interfering" with academic freedom in British universities. The charge is groundless and highly misleading".
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Liu Xiaoming
Liu Xiaoming (Chinese: 刘晓明; born January 16, 1956) is a Chinese diplomat who is currently the special representative of the Chinese government on the Korean Peninsula affairs.
Liu previously served as the Chinese ambassador to Egypt from 2001 to 2003, the ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2010, and the ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2021.
Liu graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Languages with a major in English and undertook further studies in the United States, obtaining a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1983.
Between 2001 and 2003, Liu acted as China's ambassador in Egypt, and from 2006 to 2010 as Chinese ambassador in North Korea.
In 2010 he replaced Fu Ying as Chinese ambassador in the UK.
In 2014, Liu likened Japan to Lord Voldemort, the villain in the Harry Potter series, by writing in The Telegraph: "If militarism is like the haunting Voldemort of Japan, the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo is a kind of horcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation's soul." In response, Keiichi Hayashi, the Japanese ambassador to the UK, wrote an op-ed in the same newspaper headlined: "China risks becoming Asia's Voldemort".
In 2018, Liu published a signed article in The Guardian on the subject of the US-China trade war, noting that while China was still open to negotiation, the US is maintaining a position of unilateralism. In early May 2018, Liu noted that the North Korean government was closely watching the details surrounding the United States withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
On November 24, 2019, a BBC reporter confronted Liu over the Xinjiang internment camps at a press conference in London. Liu dismissed the claims as "fake news". On November 25, 2019, the Financial Times published a column by Liu. He said "I am convinced that flourishing educational co-operation is an important source of strength for relations between China and the UK". He further said "Recently, however, the House of Commons foreign affairs select committee issued a report accusing China of "interfering" with academic freedom in British universities. The charge is groundless and highly misleading".