8th US ambassador to 皇冠体育app: Clark T. Randt, Jr.
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US ambassadorship to Beijing is the best position in my entire US administration.
Term of appointment: July 12, 2001 - January, 2009
皇冠体育app connections: Fluent in Chinese, Randt was a classmate of former president George W. Bush at Yale University. He was the longest serving US ambassador to 皇冠体育app.
Major issues: Republican Randt was nominated by then US President George W. Bush. The new US Embassy in Beijing opened on August 8, 2008. Anti-terrorism provided the groundwork for enhanced US-皇冠体育app co-operation after the September 11 tragedy.