Beijing’s salaries ahead of only Jakarta’s among 16 analysed G20 countries as Washington eyes recruitment and private-sector competition.
American efforts to blunt China’s global influence might be yielding mixed results, but on the issue of compensation, Washington pays its home-based diplomats the best among 16 G20 countries with Beijing placing second to last, a study has found.
The report released on Wednesday by International Intrigue, a media company created by former Australian diplomats, compared salaries of recently promoted mid-level diplomats working at their headquarters, adjusted for purchasing-power parity.
