New US Ambassador Arrives in Beijing Amid Tense Relations

New US Ambassador Arrives in Beijing Amid Tense Relations
U.S. Ambassador to China nominee Nicholas Burns attends a hearing to examine his nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 20, 2021. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
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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.

Burns arrived Friday with his wife Libby and a group of other U.S. diplomats and their families and will undergo three weeks of quarantine at his official residence as the Chinese regime requires, according to a U.S. Embassy spokesperson.