Beijing's new envoy stresses building bridges – Chinadaily.com.cn

Qin pledges to improve relations with Washington, calls for peaceful coexistence China’s new Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang makes remarks to Chinese and US media upon arrival in the United States on July 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Four years ago, Qin Gang, then assistant foreign minister and director of the Foreign Ministry’s protocol department, received the copy of credentials from Terry Branstad, who came to Beijing to serve as United States ambassador to China. On Wednesday, Qin arrived in Washington as Beijing’s new top envoy to the largest economy in the world, urging that “the door of China-US relations,…