Ma Jisheng (Chinese: 马继生; born 1 March 1957) is a former Chinese diplomat who served as Chinese Ambassador to Iceland between December 2012 and September 2014.
Ma Jisheng | |||||||
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马继生 | |||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to Iceland | |||||||
| In office December 2012 – September 2014 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Su Ge | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Ma Weidong | ||||||
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| Born | March 1, 1957 Hebei, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Spouse | Zhong Yue | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬繼生 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马继生 | ||||||
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Early life
editMa was born in Hebei province on March 1, 1957.[citation needed]
Career
editIn 1988 he joined the Department of Asian Affairs, a department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1991 he was assigned to the Chinese Embassy in Japan. He returned to China in 1995. In 2002 he was a counsellor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Indonesia. In 2004 he became counsellor and minister-counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Japan. In 2008 he was promoted to become deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2012 he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Iceland, succeeding Su Ge.[citation needed]
On January 8, 2014, Ma criticized the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for visiting the Yasukuni Shrine.[1] In September 2014 he was arrested by the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China for leaking state secrets to Japan.[2][3]
Personal life
editMa is married and has a daughter.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Wang Xiaoyi (王晓易) (17 September 2014). 驻冰岛大使马继生外交场合揭批安倍晋三倒行逆施. 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Ye Bing (叶兵) (17 September 2014). 传中国驻冰岛大使向日本泄密被捕. voachinese.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Shen Hua (申铧) (17 September 2014). 中国驻冰岛大使马继生疑因向日本泄密而被捕. rfa.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.