Germany's envoy to China dies just two weeks into the jobArticle contentBEIJING — German ambassador to China Jan Hecker has died, barely two weeks into the job, the European nation’s foreign office said on Monday. Try refreshing your browser, or Germany's envoy to China dies just two weeks into the job Back to videoThe cause of death has yet to be confirmed. “It is with deep sadness and dismay that we learned of the sudden death of the German ambassador to China,” Germany’s Federal Foreign Office said on its website. Hecker had appeared “happy and all right” when he hosted an event about German artist Joseph Beuys at his Beijing home last Friday, a guest at the event said. (Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Clarence Fernandez)

Source: National Post September 06, 2021 04:07 UTC