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Barbara Janet Woodward, CMG, OBE (, born 29 May 1961) is a British diplomat and a "''Zhongguo tong''" (中國通 Zhōngguó tōng).〔 She serves as the British Ambassador to China since February 2015 and is the first woman to hold this position. Woodward undertook her undergraduate degree at the University of St Andrews, Scotland before going on to study International Relations at Yale University. Ambassador Woodward joined the FCO in 1994. She has worked in China, Russia, the EU and at the UN. From 2003 to 2009 she worked in Beijing, first as a Political Counsellor, then across the whole UK-China relationship as Deputy Head of Mission, including during the Olympics. Ms Woodward was most recently appointed Director General for Economic & Consular Affairs.〔(Barbara Woodward Profile ), Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 21 February 2015〕 == Early years == Barbara Janet Woodward is born to Arthur Claude Woodward (1921 – 1992) and Rosemary Monica Gabrielle Fenton〔"WOODWARD, Barbara Janet" (2012)〕〔"Descendants of John Roper-269323" (13 April 2005)〕 in Gipping, Suffolk, United Kingdom on 29 May 1961.〔''The Diplomatic Service List'' (2003), p.325.〕〔"England & Wales births 1837-2006" (retrieved on 24 March 2015)〕 Barbara's father participated in World War II as a member of the Suffolk Regiment and was conferred the Military Cross by the British Government on 21 December 1944 for his contributions in the war in northwest Europe.〔"(Issue 36850 )", ''London Gazette'', 19 December 1944, p.5856.〕 Her father, a surveyor himself, was elected Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRIC) after the war.〔 Woodward was admitted to the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 1979 and majored in history. She graduated in 1983 with an honorary Master of Arts (M.A. Hons.) degree.〔〔 Woodward taught the English language first at Nankai University, then at Hubei University, in Wuhan, China between 1986 and 1988.〔 She later learned and mastered the Chinese language, while her teacher in London, who is knowledgeable about China, gave her the Chinese name Wu Baina (吳百納 Wú Bǎinà).〔"英國首位女性駐華大使履新，29年前在中國教英語" (19 March 2015)〕 In 1988, she went on to Yale University in the United States to further her studies on international relations and obtained another Master of Arts (M.A.) degree.〔"Barbara Woodward" (retrieved on 24 March 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Woodward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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