Why are China’s diplomats sometimes so undiplomatic? ...Middle East

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In 1949, Zhou Enlai, China’s premier and first foreign minister, was trying to create a diplomatic corps out of Communist guerrilla fighters—a task complicated by the fact that diplomacy in Chinese history was inextricably linked to humiliating deals with foreigners.“Armed struggle and diplomatic struggle are similar,” Zhou told the budding representatives for the newly established People’s Republic of China. “Diplomatic personnel are the People’s Liberation Army in civilian clothing.”Seven decades later, China’s diplomats, highly educated and often erudite, are still shaped by the ethos that the country is fighting a battle, writes Bloomberg diplomatic reporter Peter Martin in China’s Civil

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