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UPDATED: October 15, 2010 NO. 42 OCTOBER 21, 2010
PEOPLE/POINTS NO. 42, 2010
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Ministerial Transition

(ZHAO PENG)

Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Guangya has been appointed minister of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. He replaces 68-year-old Liao Hui, who had headed the office since 1997.

Wang, 60, has been in diplomatic service for 30 years. He was first named vice minister of foreign affairs in 1999 and from 2003 to 2008, he served as China's permanent representative to the UN. Since completing his UN tenure, he had served as the vice minister of foreign affairs, responsible for executive affairs and policy planning.

Wang used to be involved in Hong Kong affairs as a member of the Committee for Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

Wang studied at the Student Center of British Council, Wales Atlantic United College and the London School of Economics in the UK from 1972 to 1975. He completed advanced studies at Johns Hopkins University in 1982.

The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council is an organ assisting the premier with affairs relevant to Hong Kong and Macao. It was established in 1978.

Armless Pianist

Armless piano player Liu Wei won the China's Got Talent final in Shanghai on October 10.

The 23-year-old Beijinger moved audiences with his performance of You're Beautiful—singing and using only his toes to play the piano.

"At least I have a pair of perfect legs," he told judges in the nationally televised show.

Liu lost his arms at 10 in an electrical accident. He won two gold medals at the National Swimming Championship for the Disabled in 2002. After giving up swimming due to physical problems, though, he began his music studies at 19, and taught himself to play the piano with his toes.

At the awards ceremony, Taiwan singer Jolin Tsai invited Liu to be a guest performer on her world tour. He will also perform in Las Vegas for three months and may receive a performance contract with Fremantle Media and Sony Music Entertainment.

Powerful Woman

Sun Yafang, Chairwoman of China's largest telecom equipment maker, Huawei Technologies, ranks 90th on Forbes magazine's 2010 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She is the only one on the list from the Chinese mainland.

Forbes magazine's citation says Sun, nicknamed "the market killer," leads the way at Huawei during a time when telecommunications are making a seismic shift from West to East.

Sun, 54, joined Huawei in 1992 and became chairwoman in 1998, overseeing marketing, research and development, and human resources. She also represents Huawei in the business community and communicates Huawei's overseas development and corporate commitments with government officials and state dignitaries around the globe.

Sun is credited with having spearheaded management reforms that have helped transform Huawei into a multinational and a leading vendor in the telecom industry. The achievement put her in prime position to succeed Huawei founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei.



 
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