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Chinese ambassador to deliver Diplomat’s Forum lecture at KU School of Law

Ambassador Liu Zhenmin (UN photo by Paulo Filgueiras)

LAWRENCE — Ambassador Liu Zhenmin, the deputy permanent representative to the United Nations from China, will visit Lawrence this month to present the annual Diplomat’s Forum lecture, sponsored by the University of Kansas School of Law.

Liu will speak about “China’s Perspectives on Challenges Facing the United Nations and the New American President” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Stinson Morrison Hecker Lecture Hall in 104 Green Hall. The event is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.

A native of Shanxi Province, Liu graduated from Peking University’s department of English language and literature in 1978 and from its law school in 1981. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982. Liu has worked at various levels in the department of treaty and law at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has served as deputy permanent representative of China to the United Nations since 2006.

The Diplomat’s Forum is the law school’s most prestigious annual international and comparative law event. Its aim is to provide a platform for an open sharing of thoughts on international law and relations and the United States through the unique perspective of an insightful professional with notable diplomatic experience in the service of a foreign government.

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