Christopher Elder
Christopher John Elder | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of  to  | |
| In office 1993–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Powles |
| Succeeded by | Peter Adams (diplomat) |
| Ambassador of to  | |
| In office August 29, 2001 – 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Green (diplomat) |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Gibson |
| Ambassador of to  | |
| In office 2006 – August 19, 2009 October 12, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Stuart Prior |
| Succeeded by | Ian Hill |
| Chargé d'affaires of to  | |
| In office 2006–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hamilton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 |
Chris Elder is a retired diplomat of New Zealand.
- Until 1973 Chris Elder was trained as a Chinese linguist.
- From 1973 to 1975 he was employed in the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing when it was opened.[1]
- From 1993 to 1997 he was ambassador in Beijing.
- From 2001 to 2006 he was ambassador in Jakarta.
- From 2006 to August 7, 2009 he was ambassador in the Embassy of New Zealand in Moscow (Russian Federation).[2]
- In Wellington, Chris has served as the Deputy Secretary with responsibility for Asian affairs and security policy in the Asia-Pacific region.
- From August 7, 2009 to 2012 he was Chargé d'affaires in Berlin.
- In 2012 he retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand).
- He has published a range of papers and articles relating to New Zealand's interaction with China and with Asia.
- With Michael Green, he co-authored a historical survey of New Zealand-China relations (New Zealand and China 1792-1972) and with Robert Ayson a Centre for Strategic Studies Discussion Paper, China's Rise and New Zealand's Interests: A Policy Primer for 2030.
Publications
- Old Peking: City of the Ruler of the World, Oxford University Press, 1997
- China's Treaty Ports: Half Love and Half Hate, Oxford University Press, 1999[3]
- New Zealand's China Experience: Its Genesis, Triumphs, and Occasional Moments of less than Complete Success, Victoria University Press, 2012
- Forty Years On: New Zealand-China Relations then, now and in the Years to Come, Victoria University Press, 2013[4]
gollark: Even if you don't like potatOS much, the library behind its sandboxing, YAFSS, is *somewhat* decoupled from the rest of it and is useful for stuff like, well, virtualization.
gollark: I'd really like a better way to do sandboxing, though, if you have any ideas.
gollark: Me...
gollark: But I suppose that counts as internals, not user-exposed API.
gollark: There are also times when I've had to tweak a bunch of potatOS things because for... kind of weird reasons... it runs its own BIOS code to do sandboxing... and that's been tweaked a lot recently.
References
- Список руководителей дипломатических и консульских представительств зарубежных государств в России (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 2008-07-05.
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