R. Nicholas Burns
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Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and international relations scholar. He served as the United States ambassador to China from 2022 to 2025. He is now the Goodman Professor of the Practice
Official portrait, 2022
Burns and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at NATO headquarters in Brussels on December 2, 2003
Official Portrait of Burns, the then Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in 2005
Burns during the Munich Security Conference in 2016
Liang Huiling
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Liang Huiling is a Chinese politician currently serving as governor of Heilongjiang. She was chairwoman of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives from 2021 to 2022.
R. Nicholas Burns
…to China Burns sworn in as ambassador to China by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in January 2022 Burns meeting with Heilongjiang Governor Liang Huiling in February 2024 In August 2021, Burns was nominated by the Biden administration to serve as Ambassador to China. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee…
Liang with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Harbin during Putin's visit to China in May 2024
American ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns meeting with Liang (2024)