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premier zhou is recognized by the world as a great diplomat who can handle any complex situation with ease and remain calm. however, an incident in 1973 made premier zhou furious. he said angrily:"it's really unfortunate for the zhou family!"

the protagonist of this incident was named zhou boping. he and premier zhou were both descendants of zhou dunyi, a neo-confucian philosopher of the song dynasty, and could be considered relatives.

in 1972, china established diplomatic relations with the kingdom of greece, and zhou boping was appointed as the first ambassador to greece.

on may 7, 1973, after attending an event in athens, zhou boping took a car back to the embassy and asked the translator to check if there was any important information.

coincidentally, the czechoslovak embassy in greece was going to hold a national day reception from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. on may 8, so ambassador to greece kovic sent zhou boping an invitation to attend.

this translator may have been naturally careless, or he may have been a little tired after attending an event, so he actually mistook the name of the chinese ambassador to greece "koweik" as "kuwait", thinking it was an invitation from the kuwaiti embassy.