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  • Holiday Greetings from Ambassador Baucus

    Holiday Greetings from Ambassador Baucus

    The holiday season is here and that means it’s time for a very special family tradition, baking cookies! This is a something we do every Christmas with our family and this year we want to share it with you. Mel and I wish you: Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!

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  • Ambassador Visits Guangzhou

    Ambassador Visits Guangzhou

    Dec 9-10 – Ambassador Baucus traveled to Guangzhou, meeting with the U.S. Consulate team, as well as Party Secretary Hu Chunhua and representatives from Tencent’s WeChat.

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  • Embassy Hosts U.S. Presidential Election Watch Event

    Embassy Hosts U.S. Presidential Election Watch Event

    Thanks to all who joined us for special U.S. Presidential Election Watch events, including the winner of our #WriteTheNextPresident contest! Here are some pictures from the events.

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  • Ambassador's Visit to Nanchang Completes Goal

    Ambassador's Visit to Nanchang Completes Goal

    Oct. 21, Ambassador Baucus’ visit to Jiangxi province completes his goal of touring China’s provinces, fulfilling the personal promise he made to President Xi Jinping to visit each of China’s provinces.

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  • Statement by Ambassador Max Baucus on China’s Foreign NGO Management Law

    On January 1, China’s new Foreign NGO Management Law will take effect. Non-government organizations working around the world, including in China, do critical work. They help people exchange knowledge, skills, and ideas. They help societies drive innovation, they contribute to social stability, and they support the neediest among us. They promote business development and trade, provide education and healthcare services, and bring us together to protect the environment. They strengthen and enrich all parts of our societies.  

  • Joint Summary of Outcomes

    On December 7, 2016, in Washington, D.C., Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, together with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of the Ministry of Public Security Guo Shengkun, co-chaired the third U.S.-China High-Level Joint Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues.  

  • Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice’s Meeting with State Councilor Guo Shengkun of China

    National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with State Councilor Guo Shengkun of China to emphasize the importance of fully adhering to the U.S.-China cyber commitments from President Xi's September 2015 State Visit. The meeting occurred following the conclusion of the third U.S.-China High-Level Joint Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues, which State Councilor Guo co-chaired along with Attorney General Lynch and Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson on December 7. 

  • Human Rights Day 2016 Statement

    Today we celebrate International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sixty-eight years ago. The declaration states that each and every one of us has the right to freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and freedom of peaceful assembly and association. We Americans know, from first-hand experience, that protecting these freedoms is difficult and never-ending work.  

  • Remarks by Under Secretary Nathan Sheets at the China Finance 40 Forum

    Thank you for that introduction. Let me also thank the China Finance 40 for hosting this event. I will speak today on two topics that are closely related: first, China’s economic rebalancing, which is a familiar theme in discussions of China’s role in the global economy; and second, rising debt levels in China’s corporate sector, a phenomenon that is increasingly a focus for China’s policymakers as well as for global markets.  

  • Readout of the President’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of China

    The President met today with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lima, Peru. The two leaders reflected on the significant progress they have achieved in strengthening the bilateral relationship through sustained engagement and focused efforts to manage differences responsibly and expand practical cooperation on regional and global challenges. 

  • Ambassador Baucus Remarks at the U.S.-China Tourism Year Closing Event

    Good evening everyone! Thank you to the China National Tourism Administration for hosting tonight’s event. It’s great to be here with my friends Secretary Pritzker, Vice Premier Wang, Chairman Li, Ambassador Cui, and Executive Director Craighead.  

  • Statement by the President

    THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Yesterday, before votes were tallied, I shot a video that some of you may have seen in which I said to the American people: Regardless of which side you were on in the election, regardless of whether your candidate won or lost, the sun would come up in the morning. 

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