Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, interviewed Fu before she left London in 2010. In Barber's eyes, Fu does not match the stern face of Chinese officialdom。《金融时报》编辑莱昂内尔·巴贝尔曾在2010年在伦敦采访过傅莹。在巴贝尔眼中，傅莹的形象和中国外交部一直以来的严肃外交官形象相差甚远。
　　"Madam Fu Ying is a rare specimen in the ranks of Chinese diplomacy," he said, adding that she is female, comes from an ethnic group - she was born in Inner Mongolia - and took up a new post in Beijing in 2010 as only the second female vice-foreign minister since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.“傅女士是她这个级别的中国外交官中很少见的人，” 他说道，另外他又补充道，她是一名来自少数民族的女性(傅莹出生于内蒙古)，2010年她被任命为外交部副部长，是中国自1949年成立以来第二位女性外交官。
　　"Madam Fu is charming but she also knows that charm can serve as a weapon," Barber said in his report。“傅女士很有魅力，她知道这种魅力其实也是一种武器。”巴贝尔在他的报导中这样写道。