Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela gifted books on Chinese culture and governance to the Editor-in-Chief of Últimas Noticias newspaper

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On March 8, 2016, Zhao Bentang, the Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela, and Davila, the Editor-in-Chief of Últimas Noticias newspaper, met to discuss hopeful cooperation with the Embassy of China and Chinese media. According to an article by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zhao gifted Davila the Spanish version of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of the Country" in addition to various other books. The three volumes (published in 2014, 2017, and 2020) of “The Governance of China” contains a collection of speeches and writings by Xi Jinping, articulating his political philosophy about Chinese economics, international affairs, technology, and peaceful co-existence. Ambassador Zhao also gifted the Spanish version of the book to Ruben Dario Molina, the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (see Record ID#90128), Gutierrez, the President of the Venezuelan Supreme Court Committee (see Record ID#90045), Eduardo Mendez, the Executive Director of the Simón Bolívar Music Foundation (see Record ID#90062), Gregorio Montero, the Secretary-General of the Latin American Center for Development Administration (see Record ID#90126), Tibisay Lucena, the President of Venezuela’s National Election Commission (see Record ID#90130), Elías Jaua, the Venezuelan Minister of Education (see Record ID#90131) across various diplomatic meetings and visits.