Campus Digest

Former PRC foreign minister Dr Li Zhaoxing discusses traditional Chinese culture and his diplomatic career

26 May 2016

Dr Li Zhaoxing talks about Chinese culture and his life as a diplomat Dr Li Zhaoxing talks about Chinese culture and his life as a diplomat
Dr Li Zhaoxing talks about Chinese culture and his life as a diplomat

 

As part of the University’s 60th anniversary programme of events, the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology, HKBU Century Club, and Art Concept Culture Institute jointly invited Dr Li Zhaoxing, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of China and President of the China Public Diplomacy Association, to hold a lecture entitled “Traditional Chinese Culture and My Life as a Diplomat” on 20 May. The lecture attracted an audience numbering over 300 people, drawn from academia, cultural organisations, the general public and the media.

 

Dr Li shared anecdotes about his life as a diplomat and the stories about traditional Chinese culture that had influenced his life. He said diplomatic policy follows the cardinal virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faithfulness and harmony, and added that the younger generation should equip themselves with these values in order to maintain their personal integrity and contribute to society.

 

Also an honorary doctorate of HKBU, Dr Li Zhaoxing has been praised as a “poet diplomat”. He served as Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the United Nations, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the United States, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.