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Chen Deming

陳徳銘　/　ちん・とくめい

Politician from People's Republic of China

March 1, 1949 (age 77)　・　Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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My Take

Chen Deming intrigues me less for his domestic résumé and more for his role as President of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits. That is a position loaded with historical weight, where a single phrase can shift the mood across one of the most sensitive divides in modern geopolitics. Born in Shanghai in 1949, the very year of the People's Republic, and educated at Nanjing University, he carried the kind of measured composure that such delicate diplomacy demands. I read his career as a reminder that politics, at its core, is the difficult work of keeping channels of dialogue open when silence would be far easier.

Overview

Chen Deming (Chinese: 陈德铭; pinyin: Chén Démíng; born 1949) is a Chinese former politician and President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits of the People's Republic of China.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chen Deming
Name (Japanese): 陳徳銘
Reading: ちん・とくめい
Born: March 1, 1949 (age 77)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Ox
Origin: Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Nanjing University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%BE%B3%E9%8A%98

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