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The German ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, dies

By DW
26 September 2021   |   12:18 pm
Hecker had only been in the ambassadorial role for a few days. The 54-year-old previously worked as a foreign policy adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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