U.S. Embassy in Beijing. File photoBEIJING, Mar 5 New U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns has arrived in China, the U.S. embassy in Beijing said on Saturday. in a message from the embassy on the official WeChat social network account. The US Senate confirmed Burns as ambassador to China on December 17 last year. After arriving in China, all diplomats and their families must undergo a three-week quarantine. Barnes is a career diplomat, he was the official representative of the US State Department, then Ambassador to Greece, Permanent Representative to NATO, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Since 2008, he has worked in lobbying and expert organizations, most recently he headed the Aspen Strategy Group. Burns was also a foreign policy adviser to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
