Wu Sike

Wu Sike (born May 1946) is a senior diplomat of the People's Republic of China.

He succeeded Sun Bigan in 2009 as China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue, serving in that position until 2014.

[3] Wu started to learn the Arabic language in 1965, when he was admitted to Beijing International Studies University.

[4] In Wu's role as Special Envoy, he focused primarily on the Middle Eastern peace process.

[5] Although the focus of the Special Envoy position continued to the peace process, Wu also sought to address the conflict in Syria and a number of other issues in the region.