中国派了一名危机专家到悉尼担任悉尼总领事一职，填补一个在六月份突然空出来的职位，这个正是中国与澳洲极端紧张的时间。
有30年外交官经验的周立民被北京派遣担任这个大使衔的职位，他在外交部官至领事司副司长。
担任该职位时，他曾被中国外长王毅在1月底派到武汉，在该市新冠疫情高峰期管理一个领事危机小组。
周先生和他团队的”忠诚，使命和奉献“令北京印象深刻，他们为外国人安排航班，包括两个到澳洲的航班。
外长王毅在中国官媒发表的讲话中说你们和武汉人民团结一心，共克时艰，很好完成了任务。
虽然不是新冠病毒灾难期间的武汉，但澳洲近年来成为中国外交网络中一个更有挑战性的派遣地。
中国上一任悉尼总领事是曾经担任过尼日利亚大使的顾小杰，他六月份突然离任，几周后，四名中国悉尼领馆熟悉的中国记者遭到警察和澳洲安全情报机关人员的突击搜查。
这次清晨突击搜查激怒了中国外交部。
莫里森政府要求对新冠源头进行调查，中国在香港实施国安法，澳洲牛肉、大麦和红酒贸易遭到中断后两国关系达到新低。
外交知情人士说周先生这么迟过来是与澳洲驻香港新领事华怡德推迟上任有关，后者经历了10个月的签证问题才开始履职。
澳中商会新州主席Michael Clifton说: “两人都开始履新，这是可喜的往前一步。”他之前是澳洲贸易委员会的中国区负责人。
他告诉《澳洲人报》说: “外交官有很多角色，但如果他们不履职就做不了这些工作。”
出生于山东的周先生之前在纽约，多伦多和荷兰担任过职位。
他10月13日抵达悉尼后在他内城区Camperdown的领事宿舍结束了14天隔离，他很快就会与新州高官和商界领袖见面。
领事馆在声明中说周先生希望帮助“增进中澳人民之间的了解和友谊”。
声明中也提到了他的领事能力，最近在武汉得到了验证。
“总领馆将依法保护领区内中国公民和企业合法权益，努力为中外人士提供优质的领事服务。”
China has sent a crisis expert to be its consul general in Sydney, filling a key diplomatic posting that was abruptly vacated in June during a period of extreme stress with Australia.
Thirty year diplomatic veteran Zhou Limin has come to the ambassadorial-ranked posting from Beijing, where he was deputy director of consular affairs at China’s Foreign Ministry.
In that role, he was sent by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Wuhan in late January to run a consular crisis group at the height of the city’s coronavirus outbreak.
Beijing was impressed by the “loyalty, mission and dedication” of Mr Zhou and his team, which co-ordinated flights of foreigners, including two to Australia.
“You united with the people of Hubei and Wuhan, overcame the difficulties together, and completed the task very well,” said Foreign Minister Wang, in remarks published in Chinese state media.
While not quite Wuhan during the coronavirus catastrophe, Australia has in recent years become a more challenging assignment in the Chinese diplomatic network.
China’s last Sydney consul general Gu Xiaojie, previously China’s ambassador in Nigeria, left the posting suddenly in June – weeks before four Chinese journalists well known by the Sydney consulate were raided by police officers and the Australian Security Agency Intelligence Agency.
That dawn raid outraged China’s foreign ministry.
It came after the bilateral relationship hit new lows after the Morrison government’s call for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, China imposed a new security law on Hong Kong and trade of Australian beef, barley and wine was disrupted.
Diplomatic sources have linked a hold up in Mr Zhou’s arrival to the delay of Australia’s new consul-general in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Ward, who finally began her posting at the start of October after an almost 10 month visa ordeal.
“It’s a welcome step forward that they have both taken up their postings,” said Michael Clifton, the NSW president of the Australia China Business Council, who was previously the head of Austrade in China.
“Diplomats have a role to play – but they can’t do it if they are not in their postings,” he told The Australian.
Born in Shandong province, Mr Zhou has previously been posted to New York, Toronto and the Netherlands.
He ended his 14-day quarantine at the consulate residence in inner city Camperdown on Wednesday after arriving in Sydney on October 13 and will soon meet with senior political and business figures in New South Wales.
In a statement, the consulate said Mr Zhou wants to help build “mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and Australian peoples”.
The statement also noted his consular skills, which were recently demonstrated in Wuhan.
“The Consulate General will also do its utmost to protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese citizens and enterprises in NSW in accordance with the law, and provide high quality consular service to both Chinese citizens and foreigners.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au ... 365ffb84949b740ad9e
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换谁都一样，一尊为上。
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希望能替中澳关系打开新局面。
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希望悉尼总领馆早日开放为中国公民正常服务
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临时危机小组
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一尊外交思想指导下会有“外交”吗？
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脑满肠肥的伙夫形象
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领事馆会开门了吗？要是不开还是别来了
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不要以貌取人
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王毅当年倒是长得很不错
可是在这种体制下不也沦为个现在的muppet形象
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相由心生
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能干事实比满嘴跑火车强
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作为在澳华人希望能够开启中澳破冰模式，我是不希望看到两国龃龉不断。
update一下，这个新闻用的照片把证件照裁一半下去好吗？想搜搜其他照片，懒得翻了，悉尼领事馆同样的照片，但看着正常多了！
这种裁照片的做法和工党自由党竞选时截取对方丑照如出一辙。
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不要以貌取人
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别扯别的，赶紧开门办事
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Me too.但要看自由党上不上道了。从习胖和李中堂先后访问澳洲看，中国开始是想跟澳洲建立友好关系的
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现在这局面很难搞啊
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一段这样的涉中新闻，马上有一堆金靴银靴的分中必反的ID在下面跟贴，说明了什么呀？
说明现在是上班时间？
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你说的是彭培奥？
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什么时候开门？
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你是在说蓬佩奥？
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面相慈善
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你贴个自拍，让我们看看和键盘一样吗？
这个人无论长的怎么样，他是大年初三就赶到武汉处理在汉外交相关事宜的。澳洲武汉撤侨，美国撤侨，至少没被澳美揪着批吧？
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楼上在底下说别人面相的，自己照照自己是什么个鸟样
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楼上在底下说别人面相的，自己照照自己是什么个鸟样
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楼上在底下说别人面相的，自己照照自己是什么个鸟样
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楼上在底下说别人面相的，自己照照自己是什么个鸟样
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＂就在昨天，因拥抱中国市场而迅速脱离困境的新西兰，其领事马克文竟然现身中国企业拼多多直播“吆喝着”本国商品，交流着文化。＂
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哈哈，半斤对八两
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