International Law

Utah Gov Huntsman Looks to be Next U.S. Ambassador to China

By Stan

This story is just coming in, and it isn’t confirmed. However, the U.S. papers are already writing about it, so I guess it’s 99% certain.

I’ll post on this later today. First reaction is that this guy looks eminently qualified, in fact more so than any other ambassador the U.S. has sent here before. That’s saying a lot, but you should withhold judgment until you read his bio. “Utah governor” is pretty far down the list of accomplishments that qualify Huntsman for this job.

In the meantime, here are a couple of things to read from the Washington Post:

News on the Huntsman appointment

Bio of Huntsman

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