JI Chaozhu

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David Barboza, The Man on Mao’s Right, at the Center of History. New York Times, Feb 18, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/1 ... ter-of-history.html

Quote:

"IN those years of isolation from the West, Mr. Ji bicycled to work, earned about $10 a month and had but one blue Mao suit

"The United States delegation [headed by Nixon or Kessinger] usually came without its own interpreters [but relied on China's such as Ji and Nancy Tang]. 'Nixon really didn’t trust the State Department to keep a secret, so we didn’t really have anyone of our own,' Winston Lord, an aide who traveled with Mr. Kissinger and Mr. Nixon to Beijing, said in an interview.

"To this day, Mr Ji insists that he speaks poor Chinese and can barely write decent Chinese characters.

Note:
(a) Zelig
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelig
(b) Ji Chaozhu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Chaozhu
(1929- ; section 1 Early Years in US: spent 12 years in US, from 1939 to 1950, aged 9 to 21)

Ji Chaozhu, The Man on Mao's Right; From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, my life inside China's Foreign Ministry. Random House, 2008.