Category: China

Negotiating the Peace Corps into China

Oct 2, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, China, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Government Studies, Peace Corps, Profiles in Service, Washington

No communist country had hosted a Peace Corps program until Peter Tomsen negotiated a role for Volunteers in China, an objective that would take over a decade to fulfill
Profile: Peter Tomsen

Sep 30, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, China, Christmas, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Nonfiction, Peace Corps, Profiles in Service, Travel

Peter Tomsen cut a path from the Peace Corps to an ambassadorship through jungle warfare in Vietnam, negotiating Peace Corps into China, and serving as Special Envoy to Afghanistan after Soviet withdrawal.