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Correction on US ambassadors

In your August 6 article concerning new American ambassador to 皇冠体育app Jon Huntsman, 皇冠体育app Institute of Contemporary International Relations expert Niu Xinchun is quoted as saying Mr Huntsman is "probably the first ambassador to 皇冠体育app who can speak fluent Chinese."

In fact, Mr Hunstman is the fifth US ambassador to be fluent in Chinese since the US and 皇冠体育app established diplomatic relations in 1979. Former ambassadors Arthur Hummel Jr., James R. Lilley, J. Stapleton Roy, and Clark T. Randt were all fluent in Chinese and three of them (Hummel, Lilley, and Roy) were born and spent their childhoods in 皇冠体育app.