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China Foreign Affairs University
Gate of China Foreign Affairs UniversityEstablished 1955 Type Public Admin. staff Over 170 Students Over 2,000 Location Beijing, People's Republic of China Campus Urban Website www.cfau.edu.cn The China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU; simplified Chinese: 外交学院; traditional Chinese: 外交學院; pinyin: Wàijiāo xuéyuàn) in Beijing, People's Republic of China is a highly selective university for diplomats.
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History
China Foreign Affairs University was founded in 1955,[1] and is affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the university is not to be confused with the University of International Relations, also in Beijing). The predecessor of CFAU was the Department of Diplomacy of Renmin University of China. Vice Premier and Foreign Minister of China Chen Yi was the president of the university from 1961 to 1969. The University was forced to close during the years of Cultural Revolution. It was reopened in 1980 under the auspices of Deng Xiaoping. The former president is Ambassador Wu Jianmin.[2] The current president is Zhao Jinjun (赵进军). Before 2005, the university was called the Foreign Affairs College.
Academics
Courses of study offered include foreign languages (English, French and Japanese), foreign affairs, international politics and relations and diplomacy, international law and economics. It awards BA, MA and PhD degrees.
The Foreign Affairs University also holds short-term courses for Chinese civil servants and for foreign diplomats. For example, in 2005, it has trained diplomats of the new governments created after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq for one month each.
References
- ^ (Chinese)CFAU Celebrates 50th Anniversary www.edu.cn
- ^ http://www.cfau.edu.cn/cfauEN/index.html
External links
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