As President Joe Biden ticks off items on his lengthy to-do list, speculation continues to grow about who will be chosen as the next US ambassador to China.Among the names floated in Washington include Nicholas Burns, a former long-time diplomat and now a Harvard pro Rahm Emanuel, the one-time White House chief of staff and former mayor of C Claire McCaskill, a former senator from Mi and a current ambassador, Daniel Kritenbrink, the US envoy to Vietnam.Analysts add that…
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Joe Biden still has not nominated a US ambassador to China, but names are circulating
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