The Brazilian government granted the agrément (consent) to the new Chinese ambassador to Brazil, Zhu Qingqiao, currently head of the Chinese embassy in Mexico.
Zhu, one of China´s top diplomats for Latin America, will replace Yang Wanming, who left Brasilia in February this year.
Wanming’s three years in Brazil were marked by booming trade and also the exchange of political barbs with members of the Bolsonaro government, which later subsided.
In March 2020, MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the President of the Republic, blamed China for the Covid-19 pandemic.
The embassy reacted, calling the accusation a . . .
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