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- ↑ Caribbean Dateline, Band 16, Issue 8, 2004,
- ↑ China Directory, 2007 S. 67
- ↑ Chinese President Hu Jintao accepted in Beijing Wednesday afternoon credentials presented by five new ambassadors from,... Ambassador of Commonwealth of Dominica David King Hsiu, who arrived here on Dec.9, 2004, ... David King Hsiu is the first ambassador from the Commonwealth of Dominica to China. , On August 19, 2006, Vice Foreign Minister Li Jinzhang met with Dominican Ambassador to China David King Hsiu and accepted the RMB-300,000 donation for poverty alleviation from the Dominican embassy.,
