US Ambassador To China Nicholas Burns
Bloomberg: China Ties at ‘Lowest Moment’ Since 1972, US Ambassador Says
(Bloomberg) -- US relations with China are likely in the worst state since former President Richard Nixon’s historic trip in 1972 helped re-establish diplomatic ties between Washington and Beijing, according to Nicholas Burns, the current American ambassador to the Asian nation.
“This might be the lowest moment since then,” Burns told the Utah Valley University’s China Challenge Summit via video from Beijing on Thursday. “We have seemingly unremitting competition between us.”
The ambassador’s frank comments came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Singapore for a regional security forum that will include a meeting with a top Chinese defense official.
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WNU Editor: US Ambassador Nicholas Burns is right. I have never seen relations this sour.
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