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Liu Hongcai
Liu Hongcai
is a Chinese
diplomat
,
currently
the
deputy head
of the
International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China
; he is the former
Chinese Ambassador to North Korea
.
Liu was born in 1955 in
Liaoning
. He
studied
Japanese
at
Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute
from
1972
to
1975
.
In his final year, Liu joined
the Communist Party of China
and was assigned to
the International
Department
of the
Central Committee
upon graduation.
Between the years of
1989
to 1992, he served as
First Secretary
at the
Chinese Embassy
in Tokyo.
In
2003
, he was appointed Vice Minister of the
International Department
.
In 2010, he succeeded
Liu Xiaoming
as the Chinese Ambassador to
North Korea
.