Политичка и дипломатска каријера Ву Сјућуена, првог амбасадора HP Кине у Југославији
Diplomatic and Political Career of Wu Xiuquan, China’s first Ambassador to Yugoslavia

Author(s): Jovan Čavoški
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, International relations/trade, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Wu Xiuquan; KPK; diplomacy; China; Yugoslavia;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the revolutionary and diplomatic career of Wu Xiuquan the first ambassador of the PR of China to Yugoslavia. The article follows his life and work from the first days of his participation in the Chinese revolutionary movement to his recall from Yugoslavia and the subsequent events in his career. By understanding all traits of his professional life, through this paper we can understand why China decided to appoint such a big political figure as its first ambassador to Yugoslavia as well as his contribution to the bilateral relations. However, by using the Chinese archival sources and the very ambassador’s reports, it becomes clear that Wu was one of big champions of good relations with Yugoslavia, which would cost him dearly in his political career later on during the ideological conflicts between the two countries. Exactly these new sources provided an objective view of the personality of the ambassador and his contribution to the positive development of the bilateral relations, since the then Yugoslav officials often had a wrong perception of his role in the flaring up of the ideological conflict.

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