List of representatives
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Term start
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Head of mission
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Observations
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List of prime ministers of Italy
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List of heads of state of China
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Term end
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March 13, 1867
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Vittorio Sallier De La Tour[1]
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Bettino Ricasoli
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Cixi
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1870
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March 7, 1870
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Alessandro Fe' d'Ostiani [de; it][1]
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Giovanni Lanza
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Cixi
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1877
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February 22, 1877
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Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani[1]
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Agostino Depretis
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Cixi
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1878
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December 12, 1878
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Ferdinando de Luca [it][1]
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Benedetto Cairoli
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Cixi
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1889
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December 5, 1889
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Alberto Pansa [it][1]
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Francesco Crispi
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Guangxu
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1894
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February 6, 1894
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Alessandro Bardi[1]
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Francesco Crispi
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Guangxu
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1896
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March 6, 1898
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Renato De Martino [it; zh][1]
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Antonio di Rudinì
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Guangxu
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1899
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March 23, 1899
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Giuseppe Salvago Raggi[1]
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Luigi Pelloux
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Cixi
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1901
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December 19, 1901
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Giovanni Gallina[1]
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Giuseppe Zanardelli
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Cixi
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1904
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July 11, 1904
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Carlo Baroli[1]
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Giovanni Giolitti
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Cixi
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1906
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November 3, 1907
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Giulio Cesare Vinci[1]
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Giovanni Giolitti
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Cixi
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1910
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March 3, 1910
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Federico Barilari[1]
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Sidney Sonnino
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Puyi
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1911
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May 11, 1911
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Carlo Sforza[1]
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Giovanni Giolitti
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Puyi
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1915
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September 1, 1916
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Carlo Aliotti[1]
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Antonio Salandra
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Yuan Shikai
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1919
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January 6, 1919
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Carlo Garbasso[1]
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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
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Xu Shichang
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1919
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May 27, 1920
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Carlo Durazzo[1]
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Francesco Saverio Nitti
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Xu Shichang
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1921
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September 28, 1922
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Vittorio Cerruti[1]
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Luigi Facta
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Li Yuanhong
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1926
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February 6, 1927
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Daniele Varè[1]
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Benito Mussolini
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Wellington Koo
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1931
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May 26, 1932
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Galeazzo Ciano[1]
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Benito Mussolini
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Lin Sen
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1933
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September 19, 1933
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Raffaele Boscarelli[1]
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Benito Mussolini
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Lin Sen
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1934
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December 6, 1934
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Vincenzo Lojacono[1]
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Benito Mussolini
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Lin Sen
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1937
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January 4, 1937
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Giuliano Cora[1]
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Benito Mussolini
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Lin Sen
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1937
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June 22, 1938
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Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio[1]
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Benito Mussolini
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Lin Sen
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1946
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March 6, 1946
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Sergio Fenoaltea[1]
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Alcide De Gasperi
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Chiang Kai-shek
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1949
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1949
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Ezio Mizzan[1]
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chargé d'affaires
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Alcide De Gasperi
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Chiang Kai-shek
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1951
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1951 – 1971
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December 8, 1970
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Antonino Restivo[2]
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chargé d'affaires
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Emilio Colombo
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Soong Ching-ling
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1971
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May 12, 1971
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Folco Trabalza[3]
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Emilio Colombo
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Zhu De
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1975
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September 4, 1975
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Marco Francisci Di Baschi[4]
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Aldo Moro
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Zhu De
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1980
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August 1, 1980
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Giulio Tamagnini[4]
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Francesco Cossiga
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Ye Jianying
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1984
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January 30, 1984
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Raffaele Marras[5]
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Bettino Craxi
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Li Xiannian
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1987
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February 1, 1987
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Alberto Solera[5]
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Bettino Craxi
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Li Xiannian
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1990
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February 28, 1990
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Oliviero Rossi
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Giulio Andreotti
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Yang Shangkun
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1994
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April 23, 1994
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Alessandro Quaroni
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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Jiang Zemin
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1998
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September 17, 1998
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Paolo Bruni
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Romano Prodi
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Jiang Zemin
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2003
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April 30, 2003
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Gabriele Menegatti
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Hu Jintao
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2006
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December 11, 2006
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Riccardo Sessa
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Romano Prodi
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Hu Jintao
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2010
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December 12, 2010
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Attilio Massimo Iannucci
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Hu Jintao
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2013
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January 5, 2013
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Alberto Bradanini
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Mario Monti
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Hu Jintao
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2015
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July 20, 2015
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Ettore Francesco Sequi
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Matteo Renzi
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Xi Jinping
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2019
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January 2, 2020
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Luca Ferrari
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Giuseppe Conte
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Xi Jinping
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incumbent
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