Pompeo says US ambassador to China to leave post
Another step from the US to increase the tension between the two superpowers
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad speaks at an event to celebrate the re-introduction of American beef imports to China in Beijing, China June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early Monday US ambassador to China Terry Branstad would leave the post.
"I thank Ambassador Terry Branstad for his more than three years of service to the American people as US Ambassador to the People's Republic of China," Pompeo said in a Twitter post.
"Ambassador Branstad has contributed to rebalancing US-China relations so that it is results-oriented, reciprocal, and fair," he added.
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