Embassy of the United States, Beijing
Embassy of the United States, Beijing | |
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Location | Beijing, China |
Address | 55 Anjialou Road, Chaoyang, Beijing |
Coordinates | 39°9′53″N 116°4′59″E / 39.16472°N 116.08306°E |
Ambassador | R. Nicholas Burns |
Website | china |
The Embassy of the United States in Beijing is the
In addition to Beijing, it covers the municipalities of Tianjin and Chongqing and the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Yunnan.[2]
History
The current U.S. Embassy in Beijing was opened and dedicated on August 8, 2008, by
The 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2), eight story facility incorporates a great deal of free-standing transparent and opaque glass in its design. It is located on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) plot of land. The embassy warehouse is located in the Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone in
Since the embassy is legally out of reach of the Government of China, it was used as the hiding place of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng after he escaped from house arrest.[6]
Principal officers
Ambassadors
Deputy Chiefs of Mission (DCM)
Name | Portrait | Start of term | End of term |
---|---|---|---|
J. Stapleton Roy | 1979 | 1981[7][8] | |
Chas W. Freeman, Jr.
|
1981 | 1984[9] | |
Herbert E. Horowitz | 1984 | 1986[10] | |
Peter Tomsen | 1986 | 1989[11] | |
Raymond Burghardt (acting) |
1989 | 1989[12][13] | |
B. Lynn Pascoe | 1989[12] | 1992[a] | |
Scott S. Hallford | 1992[a] | 1996[16] | |
William C. McCahill, Jr. | 1996 | 1999 | |
G. Eugene Martin | 1999 | 2000[17] | |
Michael W. Marine | September 2000 | June 2004[18] | |
David S. Sedney | 2004 | 2007[19] | |
Dan Piccuta | May 2007[20] | January 2009 | |
William Weinstein (Acting) |
January 2009[21] | July 2009[22]: 74 | |
Robert Goldberg | July 2009[22]: 74 | 2011[22]: 5 | |
Robert S. Wang | January 2011 | August 2013[23] | |
Daniel Kritenbrink | July 2013 | 2015[24] | |
David H. Rank | January 2016[25] | January 2017 | |
Julie L. Kavanagh (Acting) |
January 2017[26][27] | June 2017[26] | |
Jonathan Fritz (Acting) |
June 2017[28] | 2018 | |
Robert W. Forden | July 2018 | October 2020[29] | |
William Klein (Acting) |
October 2020[30] | October 2021 | |
Bobby Richey (Acting) |
October 2021[31] |
See also
- List of diplomatic missions of the United States
- United States Ambassador to China
- U.S. Consulate General Chengdu
- U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou
- U.S. Consulate General Shanghai
- U.S. Consulate General Shenyang
- U.S. Consulate General Wuhan
- Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau
- Embassy of People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C.
- International School of Beijing
- Americans in China
Notes
References
- ^ "Contact Us Archived July 22, 2020, at the Wayback Machine." Embassy of the United States, Beijing. Retrieved on October 21, 2012. "No. 55 An Jia Lou Lu 100600" - Address in Chinese Archived July 22, 2020, at the Wayback Machine: "北京安家楼路55号 邮编:100600"
- ^ "Emergency Contacts – All Locations". U.S. Embassy in China. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ "New U.S. Embassy in Beijing dedicated." Associated Press at the Los Angeles Times. August 8, 2008. Retrieved on October 18, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Embassy Beijing, China - National Museum of American Diplomacy".
- U.S. State Department. "U.S. Embassy Warehouse – No.18 Tianzhu Road, Area A, Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone Shunyi, Beijing (See attached map)" and "北京市顺义区天竺空港工业区A区天柱路18号"
- wsj.com.
- Bureau of Personnel, U.S. Department of State: 17. 1989.
- ^ "Biography:J. Stapleton Roy". 1997-2001.state.gov. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ "Chas W. Freeman, Jr". American Academy of Diplomacy. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). December 9, 1992. p. 2. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ^ George Bush (June 5, 1989). "Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Peter Tomsen While Serving as Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance". White House. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). May 21, 1998. pp. 136–137. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives", United States Department of State, no. Publication 7877, p. 10, 1989
- ^ "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives. Spring 1992", United States Department of State, no. Publication 7877, p. 23, 1992
- ^ "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives. Fall 1992", United States Department of State, no. Publication 7877, p. 24, 1992
- U.S. Department of State: 82. 1996.
- The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). September 21, 1999. p. 4. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- U.S. Department of State. December 13, 2004. Archivedfrom the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- U.S. Department of Defense. Archivedfrom the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
- ^ "CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I.: Dan Piccuta". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION: William Weinstein". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- ^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). September 15, 2011. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "Robert S. Wang: U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ "Ambassador Dan Kritenbrink". U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ^ "Chargé d'affaires David H. Rank". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ a b "Julie L. Kavanagh: Diplomat in Residence for Texas" (PDF). World Affairs Council of Austin. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Julie L. Kavanagh". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- Washington Post. Archived from the originalon April 7, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Deputy Chief of Mission Robert W. Forden". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "Acting Deputy Chief of Mission William Klein". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION BOBBY RICHEY, JR". Embassy of the United States, Beijing. October 2020. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.