forerunner

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As a former chief spokesperson at the Foreign Ministry, Qin was a forerunner in taking Xi’s more confrontational approach toward relations with the United States, its Asian allies and Western democracies.

From Washington Times

As former chief spokesperson at the Foreign Ministry, Qin was a forerunner in taking Xi’s more confrontational approach toward relations with the United States, its Asian allies and Western democracies.

From Seattle Times

It was also a forerunner of interactive computing.

From New York Times

At the Nuremberg trials in 1945, seen as the forerunners of international war crimes tribunals, Nazi Germany’s political, military, and economic leaders were prosecuted.

From Reuters

Mr Taylor was the the journalist and cotton merchant who founded the newspaper's forerunner, The Manchester Guardian in 1821.

From BBC