The US Senate approved long-time diplomat Nicholas Burns on Thursday to be the country’s next ambassador to China, after a Republican hold on his nomination was lifted in exchange for passage of a bill to counter China’s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
The confirmation marked the last hurdle in a congressional tussle over the nomination that had left US President Joe Biden without an envoy to Beijing 11 months into his administration.
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