Trump Taps Branstad to Manage Complex Relations With China

In the black-and-white photo from 1985, Chinese President Xi Jinping, then a young official from China's northern Hebei province, stood next to Terry Branstad, who was serving his first term as governor of Iowa. The photo was taken during Xi's first visit to the United States during a sister-state exchange program. Three decades later, Branstad has been nominated to be the next American ambassador to China by President-elect Donald Trump, a choice that Beijing has quickly...

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