While the US was prompt in its tributes to Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu on his demise, the Chinese envoy to Delhi, Zhang Yan, was behind many others in issuing a condolence statement.
While the US was prompt in its tributes to Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu on his demise, the Chinese envoy to Delhi, Zhang Yan, was behind many others in issuing a condolence statement. Yan was expected at Basu’s funeral in Kolkata but only the consul-general, Mao Siwei, put in a perfunctory appearance. In contrast, his US counterpart Beth Payne spent much time at the funeral.
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