Posted on 07/30/2018 7:07:44 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Jeremy Hunt, the new British foreign secretary, made a diplomatic gaffe on Monday, calling his Chinese-born wife Japanese during a discussion with his counterpart in Beijing.
China and Japan have been longtime military rivals: During the 1930s and 1940s, Japan invaded and seized much of China.
Mr. Hunt committed the flub during a meeting with China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi.
“My wife is Japanese — my wife is Chinese,” he said. “That’s a terrible mistake to make.”
“My wife is Chinese and my children are half-Chinese, and so we have Chinese grandparents who live in Xi’an and strong family connections in China,” he added. His wife, the former Lucia Guo, hails from that ancient city in central China.
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