Ambassador to the US Wenzhong Zhou of China

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Ambassador Zhou is married with one daughter.

In 2005, Ambassador Zhou was appointed Ambassador Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary from the Peoples Republic of China to the United States.

Ambassador Zhou was well on his way from being an interpreter to being a master communicator.

Zhou said China and the United States share extensive common interests despite some differences.

Zhou took questions on China-US relations, counter-terrorism and other issues from the editor.

Vice Foreign Minister Zhou expressed his appreciation for the right stance of the government of Antigua and Barbuda on the Taiwan issue and noted that China would like to make joint efforts with Antigua and Barbuda to promote continuous development of friendly and cooperative bilateral relations.

relations, the sides must also face up to some problematic areas.

Zhou is a native of Jiangsu Province.

When asked about the quality of air for the athletes at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Zhou said it was "being addressed" and that the "air quality is getting better" and they will "take measures to improve it especially during the Olympics.

Ambassador Zhou was introduced by S.

Steve Inskeep talks with China's ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong about the violence in Tibet, which Zhou says was meant to sabotage China ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

Ambassador Zhou was headed to Albuquerque after the luncheon, where a tour of Advent Solar was planned.

Backlashes against globalization sometimes occur, and Zhou said that China takes problems sometimes raised by the US.

In a press conference after his address, Zhou said US.

Zhou joined the Beijing Diplomats Service Bureau in 1970, where he worked until 1973, when he went to the United Kingdom for advanced studies at the University of Bath and the London School of Economics.

Normally they ask more general questions," Zhou said later.

While being driven to an appointment, Zhou discusses the early 1960s when Mao Zedong's ill-advised call for a "great leap forward" resulted in widespread famine.

In Shanghai, where Zhou lived at the time, people rose at 3 a.

Zhou joined the diplomatic service in 1970, as China was consumed by the chaotic Cultural Revolution, but escaped its final tumultuous years studying in England.

Zhou has his own complaints about the US.

In private conversations, Zhou is friendly and more relaxed than normally scripted Chinese officials.

We are in for a period of social instability," Zhou says bluntly.

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