Laurids Mikaelsen, former Danish Ambassador to China , with his book about his parents. His father was a medical doctor and missionary in China where Laurids was born in i 1948. Photo: Martél AndersenLaurids Mikaelsen was Danish Ambassador to China from 2007 to 2010. This was the country where he was born in 1948. His father was a medical doctor and a missionary in China. The civil war forced, however the family to return to Thisted, Denmark, where his father took over a medical practice.
Nordjyske.dk writes a long portrait of the former diplomat on the occassion that he has recently published a book about his parents.
