"Deng Xiaoping was the architect of China’s pragmatic foreign policy, but Qian Qichen was the diplomat who carried it out."
— Qian Qichen

January 1, 1970

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Diplomats of ChinaCommunist Party of China politiciansForeign ministers of ChinaAmbassadors of China
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Susan Shirk, "Qian Qichen, Pragmatic Chinese Envoy, Dies at 89" in The New York Times (11 May 2017)