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German ambassador to China dies less than two weeks into the job
NY Post ^ | September 6, 2021 | Emily Crane

Posted on 09/06/2021 11:42:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly less than two weeks after taking up the job in Beijing.

The 54-year-old’s death was confirmed by Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Monday.

Hecker, who was a former foreign policy adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, began his posting on Aug. 24.

Hecker had arrived in Beijing on Aug 1. with his wife and three children, according to German outlet Deutsche Welle.

The details surrounding his death have not yet been disclosed.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said there was no indication Hacker’s death was linked to his diplomatic role.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 202108; 202109; ambassador; angelamerkel; china; germanambassador; germany; hacker; hecker; heikomaas; isolatedincidents; janhecker; merkel

1 posted on 09/06/2021 11:42:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hecker didn’t kill himself.


2 posted on 09/06/2021 11:44:44 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: BenLurkin

Note the “hacker” typo in the article—too funny...


3 posted on 09/06/2021 11:44:55 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: BenLurkin

I thought the headline said “two weeks into the jab”.

LOL


4 posted on 09/06/2021 11:49:15 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: BenLurkin

5 posted on 09/06/2021 11:58:22 AM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Ambassador Hecker came to our restaurant at lunchtime, he ordered his usual; Sauerkraut Bratwurst Chow Mein, just like always. We don’t know what happened after that. He always leave big tip from his Government Account.”


6 posted on 09/06/2021 12:00:35 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

He died of COVID: Communist Ordered Victuals Inducing Death


7 posted on 09/06/2021 12:14:18 PM PDT by dblshot
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To: BenLurkin
Probably had a "Chinese Sandwich".

8 posted on 09/06/2021 12:20:29 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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“Ambassador Hecker came to our restaurant at lunchtime, he ordered his usual; Sauerkraut Bratwurst Chow Mein, just like always

His hair was perfect.

9 posted on 09/06/2021 12:24:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Was the place named Lee Ho Fuchs?


10 posted on 09/06/2021 12:26:08 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

there’s a chinese restaurant in lake city florida that’s named fu king...


11 posted on 09/06/2021 12:35:29 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: gitmo

Me too. Everything is about the jab these days


12 posted on 09/06/2021 12:38:20 PM PDT by RummyChick (Bagram was the most logical exit point. Stand up and justify your decision (hat tip Larrytown))
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To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ..
German ambassador to China dies less than two weeks into the job jab

13 posted on 09/06/2021 1:00:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: gitmo

Could well be about right.


14 posted on 09/06/2021 1:16:13 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: BenLurkin

Dropping like flies. Hit the wires a little while ago:

“Merkel’s Economic Affairs minister ‘receiving emergency treatment’ in German hospital”

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1487250/angela-merkel-germany-economics-minister-Peter-Altmaier-hospital-emergency-latest-update


15 posted on 09/06/2021 2:26:05 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Don't blame others for the road you're on. That's your own asphalt.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Hmmmmm......


16 posted on 09/06/2021 2:39:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: dfwgator

That’s just Warren’s opinion.


17 posted on 09/06/2021 3:56:15 PM PDT by JoeRed
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To: ameribbean expat

Marcy Park - German style.

Putin Poison becomes merle Medicine.


18 posted on 09/06/2021 4:23:51 PM PDT by Surrounded_too
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