List of Chinese ambassadors to the United States

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From 1949 to 1973 the US government recognized the Taipei government as representing China .

ambassador

Envoy of the Empire

1907–1909: Residence and office of envoy Wu Tingfang, Dupont Circle .
Appointed / Accredited Surname Chinese Comment, photo appointed by accredited at Leave post
Dec 1875 Chen Lanbin Emperor's envoy of China came to Washington, DC in 1878 Cixi Rutherford B. Hayes 1881
1881 Zheng Zaoru Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi James A. Garfield 1885
1885 Zhang Yinheng Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi Grover Cleveland 1889
1889 Cui Guoyin Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi Benjamin Harrison 1893
1893 Yang Ru Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi Grover Cleveland 1896
1896 Wu Tingfang Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi Grover Cleveland 1902
1902 Liang Cheng Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi Theodore Roosevelt 1907
1907 Wu Tingfang Envoy of the Emperor of China Cixi Theodore Roosevelt 1909
1909 Zhang Yintang Envoy of the Emperor of China Pu Yi William Howard Taft 1911
1911 Alfred Sao-ke Sze Envoy of the Emperor of China Pu Yi William Howard Taft 1912

Ambassador of the Republic of China

Until 1979 Embassy of the Republic of China at 2311 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC
Appointed / Accredited Surname Chinese Comment, photo appointed by accredited at Leave post
1912 Zhang Yintang Ambassador of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai William Howard Taft 1913
1913 Kai Fu Shah
Kai Fu Shah also Xia Xiefu (* 1874, † 1956) Ambassador of the Republic of China
Yuan Shikai Woodrow Wilson 1915
1915 Wellington Koo Ambassador of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai Woodrow Wilson 1920
1920 Alfred Sao-ke Sze Ambassador of the Republic of China Xu Shichang Woodrow Wilson 1929
1929 Wu Chaoshu Ambassador of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek Herbert C. Hoover 1931
1931 Yan Huiqing Ambassador of the Republic of China Lenses Herbert C. Hoover 1933
1933 Alfred Sao-ke Sze Ambassador of the Republic of China Lenses Franklin D. Roosevelt 1935
1935 Alfred Sao-ke Sze Ambassador of the Republic of China Lenses Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936
1936 Wang Zhengting Ambassador of the Republic of China Lenses Franklin D. Roosevelt 1938
1938 Hu Shih Ambassador of the Republic of China Lenses Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942
1942 Wei Tao-ming Ambassador of the Republic of China Lenses Franklin D. Roosevelt 1946
1946 VK Wellington Koo Ambassador of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek Harry S. Truman 1956
1956 Dong Xianguang Ambassador of the Republic of China to Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek Dwight D. Eisenhower 1958
July 14, 1958 George Yeh Ambassador of the Republic of China to Taiwan
Yeh Kung-ch'ao (George Yeh) (born October 20, 1904 in Qing Jiujiang County, Jiangxi Province , † November 20, 1981 in Taipei ) October 1, 1949 - July 14, 1958 Foreign Minister of the Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961
1961 Tsiang Tingfu Ambassador of the Republic of China to Taiwan Chiang Ting-fu (* 1895 - † 1965) August 26, 1936 - May 12, 1938: Moscow Chiang Kai-shek John F. Kennedy 1965
1965 Zhou Shukai Ambassador of the Republic of China to Taiwan Chow Shu-kai 1978–1991: to the Holy See Chiang Kai-shek Lyndon B. Johnson 1971
1971 James Shen 沈 劍虹 （ Ambassador of the Republic of China to Taiwan (* 1908; July 12, 2011), Chiang Kai-shek Richard Nixon 1979
1979 Xia Gongquan Representative of Taiwan (* 1897) Chiang Ching-kuo Jimmy Carter 1981
1981 Cai Weiping Representative of Taiwan Chiang Ching-kuo Ronald Reagan 1982
1982 Fredrick Chien Representative of Taiwan Chiang Ching-kuo Ronald Reagan 1988
1988 Ding Maoshi Representative of Taiwan Chiang Ching-kuo Ronald Reagan 1994
1994 Lu Zhaozhong Representative of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui Bill Clinton 1996
1996 Jason Hu Representative of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui Bill Clinton 1997
1997 Chen Xifan Representative of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui Bill Clinton 2000
2000 Cheng Jianren Representative of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian Bill Clinton 2004
2004 David Lee Representative of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian George W. Bush 2007
2007 Joseph Wu Representative of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian George W. Bush 2008
2008 Yuan Jiansheng Representative of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou George W. Bush

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China

Embassy of the People's Republic of China , 3500 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, DC
Appointed / Accredited Surname Chinese Comment, photo appointed by accredited at Leave post
1973 Huang Zhen 黄镇 Head of the People's Republic of China Liaison Office Dong Biwu Richard Nixon 1977
1977 Huang Zhen 黄镇 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China : 1950–1954: Budapest , 1954–1961: Jakarta , 1963–1973: Paris , 1986–1998: Aden , 1989–1991: Abu Dhabi Song Qingling Jimmy Carter 1979
1979 Chai Zemin 柴泽民 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China : 1961–1964: Budapest , 1964–1967: Bissau , 1970–1974: Cairo , 1976–1978: Bangkok Ye Jianying Jimmy Carter 1982
1983 Zhang Wenjin 章 文 晋 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China : 1966–1967: Islamabad , 1973–1976: Ottawa Li Xiannian Ronald Reagan 1985
1985 Han Xu 韩叙 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Li Xiannian Ronald Reagan 1989
1989 Zhu Qizhen 朱启 祯 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Yang Shangkun George HW Bush 1993
1993 Li Daoyu Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin Bill Clinton 1998
1998 Li Zhaoxing Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin Bill Clinton 2001
2001 Yang Jiechi Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin George W. Bush 2005
2005 Zhou Wenzhong Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao George W. Bush 2010
2010 Zhang Yesui Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao Barack Obama 2013
2013 Cui Tiankai 崔天凯 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao Barack Obama

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home repair tax incentives and zoning restrictions on foreign chanceries: Hearings before Subcommittee No. 3 of the Committee on the District of Columbia. House of Representatives, p. 97
  2. ^ Kai Fu Shah Text Archive - Internet Archive Chicago Daily News , 1915
  3. ↑ china, foreign relations