New U.S. Ambassador to China Arrives to Fill Role Left Vacant for Over a Year

The new U.S. ambassador to China has arrived in the country, filling a post left vacant for more than a year amid ongoing tensions in bilateral relations.

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said Saturday that Washington’s top envoy, Nicholas Burns, arrived with a group of U.S. mission personnel and their families. Their travel plans had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and they will now quarantine for three weeks.