nicholas burns

June 9, 2025

New US ambassador arrives in Beijing amid tense relations

March 10, 2022 The Associated Press

BEIJING — New U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns has arrived to take up his post in Beijing amid heightened tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan, trade, human rights and the war in Ukraine. […]

Biden picks Burns for China ambassador; Emanuel for Japan

August 26, 2021 Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is nominating longtime former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador to China and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as his envoy to Japan. Emanuel was […]