Li Tieh-tseng (1906 – January 28, 1990) was a Chinese

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

. *In 1928, shortly after graduation, he was appointed county magistrate of

Nan County Nan County, or Nanxian () is a counties of China, county in the Provinces of China, Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang. Located in the northern margin of the province, the county is bor ...

but was forced to leave. *Since then he taught at the School of Law at the

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...

. *From 1932 to 1936 he was secretary of the embassy in

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, the capital of the

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. *From 1937 to 1942 he was minister next to

Reza Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi ( fa, رضا شاه پهلوی; ; originally Reza Khan (); 15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian Officer (armed forces), military officer, politician (who served as Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

(Iran) with concurrent accreditation in

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(Iraq). *From until he was ambassador in

with concurrent accreditation in

. *On he was designated ambassador to

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

(

Kingdom of Siam Kingdom of Siam may refer to: * Sukhothai Kingdom (1238–1351) * Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767) * Thonburi Kingdom (1768–1782) * Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932) * Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and official ...

) where he was accredited from till . *In 1949 he was resident adviser to the Chinese mission next to the UN Headquarters in

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. *On 1 October 1949, after the founding of the

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he resigned from the Republic of China government diplomat duties, and instead engaged in international politics and international relations research. *His doctoral thesis, from

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, was o
The problems of Tibet in Sino-British relations
*From 1964 to 1966 he was

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at Beijing Foreign Affairs College. *In 1967, during the

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, he had disappeared, but he reappeared as a senior researcher., Who was who in the People's Republic of China, Volume 1, K.G. Saur, 1997, 700 p.
p. 242
LI, Tieh-tseng Govt, official, native of Hunan, born in 1905; LI.B., National Central Univ.; Ambassador to Iran, 1942-46; Ambassador to Siam, 1946-48; adviser, Chinese Delegation to U.N., since 1949.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Li Tieh-tseng 1906 births 1990 deaths Alumni of University of London Worldwide Alumni of the University of London Ambassadors of China to Thailand Ambassadors of China to Iran