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President Biden
to Nominate
Nicholas Burns,
for Ambassador
to the People’s
Republic of
China
Picture from Wikipedia
WASHINGTON – AUGUST 20, 2021, Bush, Ambassador to Greece under President Bill
President Joe Biden announced his intent Clinton, State Department Spokesman, and on
to nominate the R. Nicholas Burns, Nominee for the National Security Council staff on Soviet and
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russian Affairs. As Under Secretary, he worked
the People’s Republic of China. with the Chinese government on issues as diverse
as Afghanistan, United Nations Sanctions against
Ambassador (ret.) Nicholas Burns, a respected Iran, North Korea, and U.S. policy in the Indo-
former career member of the Foreign Service, Pacific. At the Aspen Strategy Group, he organized
currently serves as Professor of the Practice a policy dialogue with the Chinese government’s
of Diplomacy and International Relations Central Party School. He has taught, written, and
at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of spoken on current U.S.-China relations. Burns
Government. He is also Executive Director of the earned his B.A. degree from Boston College and an
Aspen Strategy Group and Security Forum and M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group. International Studies. His numerous awards
include a Presidential Distinguished Service
During his State Department career, Burns served Award and the Secretary of State’s Distinguished
as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Service Award. He speaks fluent French and has
Ambassador to NATO under President George W. familiarity with Arabic and Greek.
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President Biden
to Nominate
Nicholas Burns,
for Ambassador
to the People’s
Republic of
China
Picture from Wikipedia
WASHINGTON – AUGUST 20, 2021, Bush, Ambassador to Greece under President Bill
President Joe Biden announced his intent Clinton, State Department Spokesman, and on
to nominate the R. Nicholas Burns, Nominee for the National Security Council staff on Soviet and
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russian Affairs. As Under Secretary, he worked
the People’s Republic of China. with the Chinese government on issues as diverse
as Afghanistan, United Nations Sanctions against
Ambassador (ret.) Nicholas Burns, a respected Iran, North Korea, and U.S. policy in the Indo-
former career member of the Foreign Service, Pacific. At the Aspen Strategy Group, he organized
currently serves as Professor of the Practice a policy dialogue with the Chinese government’s
of Diplomacy and International Relations Central Party School. He has taught, written, and
at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of spoken on current U.S.-China relations. Burns
Government. He is also Executive Director of the earned his B.A. degree from Boston College and an
Aspen Strategy Group and Security Forum and M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group. International Studies. His numerous awards
include a Presidential Distinguished Service
During his State Department career, Burns served Award and the Secretary of State’s Distinguished
as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Service Award. He speaks fluent French and has
Ambassador to NATO under President George W. familiarity with Arabic and Greek.
17 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
