Lin Jian
Lin Jian | |||||||
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![]() Lin in March 2024 | |||||||
Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
Assumed office March 2024 Serving with Mao Ning, Wang Wenbin, Jiang Xiaoyan, Hu Jian | |||||||
Director | Hua Chunying | ||||||
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Born | May 1977 (age 47) Wuhan, Hubei, China[1] | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Studies University (BA) | ||||||
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Lin Jian (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Lin was born into a military family in Wuhan, Hubei, in May 1977.[6] Lin attended Wuhan Foreign Languages School for high school and graduated in 1995. He went on for undergraduate education and graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a major in English in 1999. After graduation, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999 and was selected to study abroad in Denmark.[7] He was later assigned to the Political Office at the Embassy of China in Denmark.[7] Since then, he had served as political counselor at the Embassy of China in Poland and as counselor at the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3][7][8]
From 2020 to 2024, he was dispatched to serve as party secretary and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.[7] During his tenure in Xinjiang, in 2022, he took part in talks seeking to boost exchanges in trade and tourism between Xinjiang and Hong Kong.[1]
MFA Spokesperson
[edit]On 18 March 2024, Lin was appointed as the 34th spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On the same day, he presided his first regular press conference.[1][7][9][10]
Cyber Attack Accusations
[edit]As the spokesperson of the foreign ministry, on March 2024, Lin accused the United Kingdom and the United States of "political manipulation" after both of these countries blamed a Chinese state-run cyber unit over an alleged cyber attack on Britain's electoral commission and Members of Parliament (MPs). He further added that both the U.S. and the U.K. should "stop politicising cyber security issues".[11]
South China Sea
[edit]During a visit of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Manila on March 2024, Lin told the U.S. of having no rights to interfere between China and the Philippines' issues on the South China Sea.[12] On April 2024, he said on a scheduled news conference that the Philippines should "stop bringing external forces to safeguard its so-called security" on disputed waters. He further stated that such showcasing of external forces shall provoke confrontations and aggravate tensions.[13]
On May 2024, he expressed China's concerns over the deployment of a US-launched missle system as the U.S. transports it to the northern region of the Philippines.[14]
U.S. Tariffs
[edit]After the Biden administration announced new tariffs and additional import taxes on Chinese electric vehicles and goods, Lin made a statement saying, "Instead of ending those wrong practices, the U.S. continues to politicize trade issues, abuse the so-called review process of Section 301 tariffs and plan tariff hikes".[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Zhuang, Sylvie (2024-03-15). "China's foreign ministry brings in new press official from Xinjiang". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ Zeng Jia (曾佳) (18 March 2024). 47岁
外交 部 新 发言人 林 剑履新 现任新 闻司副 司 长. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024. - ^ a b "
林 剑任中国 外交 部 新 一任 发言人 | 联合早 报". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-18. - ^ "2024
年 3月 18日 外交 部 发言人 林 剑主持 例 行 记者会 _中 华人民 共和 国 驻美利 坚合众国大使 馆". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America. Retrieved 2024-03-18. - ^ "
中国 外交 部 发言人 上新 "75后 "林 剑成为第34任 发言人 -华龙网". news.cqnews.net. Retrieved 2024-03-18. - ^ Wang Yuan (
王 媛 ) (18 March 2024).外交 部 新 发言人 亮 相 ,是 武 汉外校 校友 . qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024. - ^ a b c d e Wang Lu (
王 露 ) (18 March 2024).外交 部 新 闻司新 增 一名副司长林剑. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024. - ^ Wang Tao (
王 涛) (31 May 2017).波 兰福建 商会 第 三届换届庆典大会在华沙举行. cri.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024. - ^ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on March 18, 2024". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "Chinese Foreign Ministry's new spokesperson Lin Jian makes debut". peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn. 18 March 2024.
- ^ Fraser, Simon (2024-03-26). "China hits out at US and UK over cyber hack claims". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Blinken lauds 'extraordinary' expansion of defense ties with the Philippines amid China tensions". NBC News. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ Davidson, Helen (2024-04-18). "China sounds warning after Philippines and US announce most expansive military drills yet". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "US and Philippine forces stage combat drills near strategic channel off southern Taiwan". AP News. 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ Rappeport, Alan; Tankersley, Jim (2024-05-10). "U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Chinese politicians
- Spokespersons for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
- Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni
- Politicians from Wuhan
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei
- People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei
- Chinese expatriates in Denmark
- Chinese expatriates in Poland
- Political office-holders in Xinjiang