Ambassadors who helped shape Sino-US ties
Updated: 2014-03-18 15:461st US ambassador to 皇冠体育app: Leonard Freel Woodcock
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Term of appointment: Feb 27, 1979 - Feb 13, 1981
皇冠体育app connections: Woodcock was the first US ambassador to 皇冠体育app after World War II and helped open the US Embassy in Beijing in 1979. As head of the US liaison mission in 皇冠体育app, Woodcock married and held a wedding party in Beijing in 1978.
Major issues: Woodcock was appointed by former US president Jimmy Carter. He firmly opposed US trade restrictions against 皇冠体育app, supported the granting of permanent most-favored nation status, and opened substantive economic contacts between the countries, thereby winning 皇冠体育app's trust.
