Witold Rodzinski

Witold Rodziński was a Polish diplomat, historian, and sinologist born in Lwów. He served as the Polish People's Republic ambassador to London from 1960 to 1965 and to Beijing during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1969. He authored major works on Chinese history, including 'Historia Chin' and its English version 'The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from Antiquity to the Present'.