Embassy of the United States, Beijing explained

Embassy of the United States, Beijing
Address:55 Anjialou Road, Chaoyang, Beijing
Location: Beijing, China
Coordinates:39.1647°N 116.0831°W
Ambassador:R. Nicholas Burns

The Embassy of the United States in Beijing is the diplomatic mission of the United States in China. It serves as the administrative office of the United States Ambassador to China. The embassy complex is in Chaoyang, Beijing.[1]

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 U.S. President George W. Bush[3] and is the third largest American diplomatic mission in the world, after the Embassy of the United States, Baghdad and the Embassy of the United States, Yerevan. The U.S. embassy had its origins in 1935 when the legation was upgraded into the embassy in Nanjing. However, the central government of the nationalists was relocated to Taipei in 1949 due to the Chinese Civil War and the embassy was reopened in 1953. On January 1, 1979, the embassy was transferred to Beijing after normalizing relations with the communist government on the mainland.[4]

The 500000square feet, eight story facility incorporates a great deal of free-standing transparent and opaque glass in its design. It is located on a 10acres plot of land. The embassy warehouse is located in the Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone in Shunyi District.[5]

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

See main article: List of ambassadors of the United States to China.

Deputy Chiefs of Mission (DCM)

NamePortrait Start of termEnd of term
J. Stapleton Roy19791981[7] [8]
Chas W. Freeman, Jr.19811984[9]
Herbert E. Horowitz19841986[10]
Peter Tomsen19861989[11]
Raymond Burghardt
(acting)		19891989
B. Lynn Pascoe1989[12] 1992
Scott S. Hallford19921996[13]
William C. McCahill, Jr.19961999
G. Eugene Martin19992000[14]
Michael W. MarineSeptember 2000June 2004[15]
David S. Sedney20042007[16]
Dan PiccutaMay 2007[17] January 2009
William Weinstein
(Acting)		January 2009[18] July 2009[19]
Robert GoldbergJuly 20092011
Robert S. WangJanuary 2011August 2013[20]
Daniel KritenbrinkJuly 20132015[21]
David H. RankJanuary 2016[22] January 2017
Julie L. Kavanagh
(Acting)		January 2017[23] [24] June 2017
Jonathan Fritz
(Acting)		June 2017[25] 2018
Robert W. FordenJuly 2018October 2020[26]
William Klein
(Acting)		October 2020[27] October 2021
Bobby Richey
(Acting)		October 2021[28]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Contact Us ." Embassy of the United States, Beijing. Retrieved on October 21, 2012. "No. 55 An Jia Lou Lu 100600" - Address in Chinese : "北京安家楼路55号 邮编：100600"
  2. Web site: Emergency Contacts – All Locations. U.S. Embassy in China. 2021-03-12. April 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422160241/https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/u-s-citizen-services/emergency-contact/. dead.
  3. "New U.S. Embassy in Beijing dedicated." Associated Press at the Los Angeles Times. August 8, 2008. Retrieved on October 18, 2012.
  4. Web site: U.S. Embassy Beijing, China - National Museum of American Diplomacy.
  5. "U.S. Embassy Auction ." 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"
  6. News: Chin. Josh. China cracks down after Chen escape. wsj.com. 2012-04-29.
  7. Roy is named executive secretary of Department . . 322 . . 1989 . 17 .
  8. Web site: Biography:J. Stapleton Roy. 1997-2001.state.gov. 2020-09-03. 2018-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180802185205/https://1997-2001.state.gov/about_state/biography/roy_j.html.
  9. Web site: Chas W. Freeman, Jr. . . 2021-04-23 . April 23, 2021 . https://archive.today/20210423175611/https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/chas-w-freeman-jr/ . live .
  10. Web site: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: AMBASSADOR HERBERT E. HOROWITZ . . . 1992-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204214931/http://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Horowitz,%20Herbert%20E.toc.pdf . 2021-12-04 . 2021-12-04 . 2.
  11. Web site: Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Peter Tomsen While Serving as Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance. 1989-06-05. 2022-01-11. White House. George Bush. https://archive.today/20220111142020/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/accordance-the-personal-rank-ambassador-peter-tomsen-while-serving-special-envoy-the. January 11, 2022. live.
  12. Web site: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: AMBASSADOR JAMES R. LILLEY . Charles Stuart Kennedy. . 1998-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201019160153/http://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Lilley,%20James%20R.toc.pdf. 2020-10-19. 2020-10-19 . 136–137.
  13. Retirements (November) . . 400 . . 1996 . 82 .
  14. Web site: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: G. EUGENE MARTIN . . . 1999-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206170411/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Martin,%20G.%20Eugene.toc.pdf. 2021-12-06. 2021-12-06 . 4.
  15. Web site: Michael W. Marine: Ambassador, Socialist Republic of Vie . 2004-12-13 . . https://archive.today/20081212014614/http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/m/36619.htm . December 12, 2008 . January 12, 2022 . live .
  16. Web site: David S. Sedney: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia . . https://archive.today/20130113124407/http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=195 . January 13, 2013 . 2013-01-13 . live .
  17. Web site: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I.: Dan Piccuta . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China . 2009-06-17 . https://archive.today/20090617204736/http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/charge.html . June 17, 2009 . live .
  18. Web site: ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION: William Weinstein . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China . 2009-06-15 . https://archive.today/20090615054926/http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/dcm.html . June 15, 2009 . live .
  19. Web site: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: ROBERT GOLDBERG . David Reuther . . 2011-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210083631/https://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Goldberg-Robert.pdf. 2021-12-10. 2021-12-10 .
  20. Web site: Robert S. Wang: U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs . . https://archive.today/20141113053345/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/213500.htm . November 13, 2014 . 2014-11-13 . live .
  21. Web site: Ambassador Dan Kritenbrink. U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam. 2017-11-09. https://archive.today/20200303061945/https://vn.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/embassy/ambassador/. 2020-03-03.
  22. Web site: Chargé d'affaires David H. Rank . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China . 2017-04-26 . https://archive.today/20170426224506/https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ . April 26, 2017 . live .
  23. Web site: Julie L. Kavanagh: Diplomat in Residence for Texas . World Affairs Council of Austin . 2022-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220111052539/https://wacaustin.org/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Julie-Kavanagh-bio.pdf . 2022-01-11 .
  24. Web site: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Julie L. Kavanagh . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China . 2017-04-27 . https://archive.today/20170426224602/https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/our-relationship/dcm/ . April 26, 2017 . live .
  25. News: Senior diplomat in Beijing embassy resigns over Trump's climate change decision . 2017-06-05 . Carol Morello . Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20210407043623/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senior-diplomat-in-beijing-embassy-resigns-over-trumps-climate-change-decision/2017/06/05/3537ff8c-4a2e-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html . 2021-04-07 . 2020-09-23 .
  26. Web site: Deputy Chief of Mission Robert W. Forden . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China . 2019-04-13 . https://archive.today/20190413001839/https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/our-relationship/dcm/ . April 13, 2019 . live .
  27. Web site: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission William Klein . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China . 2021-04-29 . https://archive.today/20210429070446/https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/our-relationship/dcm/ . April 29, 2021 . live .
  28. Web site: ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION BOBBY RICHEY, JR. . October 2020 . Embassy of the United States, Beijing . 2021-11-23 . https://archive.today/20211123131644/https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/deputy-chief-of-mission/ . November 23, 2021 . live .

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