Cui Tiankai, former Chinese ambassador to the United States, talks with China Daily reporter Ian Goodrum on Jan 10, 2022. - China Daily
BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): As the longest-serving Chinese ambassador to the United States, a role he filled from April 2013 to June 2021, Cui Tiankai, 70, has definitely been a policy influencer in China-US relations.
Speaking of Cui's tenure in Washington DC, former US president Jimmy Carter said in a letter to him that he provided "calm, steadiness and sensibility during uncertain times".
