China plans to send Vice-President Han Zheng to represent country at UN General Assembly session
China is sending Vice-President Han Zheng to the U.N. General Assembly's annual high-level debate, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on September 15, suggesting that the country's most senior diplomat Wang Yi will not attend.This year's gathering of world leaders at United Nations headquarters in New York starts on Monday with a sustainability summit. The weeklong general debate gets under way on Tuesday. This year's gathering of world leaders at United Nations headquarters in New York starts on Monday with a sustainability summit. The weeklong general debate gets under way on Tuesday.Chinese President Xi Jinping has not attended the U.N. session in person for several years. He participated via video-conference during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic. Han's continued political career parallels the one of Wang Qishan, who played an influential role in the past several years in managing the tense U.S.-China relationship. Wang led the Communist Party