China’s new ambassador to the U.S. said the relationship between the world’s two biggest economies is facing “serious difficulties and challenges.”
“We hope the United States will work together with China to increase dialogue, to manage differences and also to expand our cooperation,” Xie Feng said after his arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Tuesday.
Xie, who earlier in his career had served in several roles at the embassy in Washington and was Beijing’s top representative in Hong Kong, fills a key post that had been vacant for five months. His predecessor, Qin Gang, left in early January after being promoted to foreign minister.
