May 11, 1936 | Born in the village of Kielpiny, in northern Poland |
1954-1955 | Studied Chinese language at the University of Beijing |
1955-1960 | Studied at the Diplomatic Institute, Beijing |
1960-1965 | Worked in the China Department of the Polish Foreign Ministry |
1961 | Received an MA from the Main School of Foreign Service, Warsaw |
1965 | Completed a PhD in the History of International Relations, Warsaw |
1965-1968 | Served as the II and then I Secretary of the Polish Embassy in Beijing |
1969-1993 | Conducted research and taught at the Polish Institute of International Relations, Warsaw |
1985-1989 | Served as the editor-in-chief of Problems of the Far East, quarterly publication of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
1987 | Completed a Habilitacja (post PhD) in Political Science, Warsaw |
1993-1995 | Served in the Foreign Ministry, research and planning deprtment |
1995-2001 | Served in the Polish embassy in Beijing (as deputy ambassador, minister) |
2001-2011 | Worked as a professor of political science at University of Warsaw, and in the Institute of International Relations |
2011 | Retired after a long career of writing: 250 essays and articles, and several monographs, including 4 volumes on the Cultural Revolution and 17 volumes on Chinese foreign policy during from 1949 to 1985 |
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