Two sources revealed that Gregory May, the head of the Chinese Department of Chinese Affairs, will be appointed as the US Consulate in Hong Kong and Macau.
According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post, a source revealed that Mei Rurui's appointment procedure has been in the final stage to be approved as the highest diplomat in Hong Kong in Hong Kong.
It is reported that Mei Rurui was born in Texas, USA. From 1993 to 1996, he resigned as a reporter in Taiwan. He held a bachelor's degree in Texas University and John HopMaster of Chinese Studies at the School of International Studies at the University of Kings University.Before Mei Ruui entered the US Foreign Affairs Department in 2000, he served as an assistant director and an associate researcher in China at the National Interest of the Washington Think Tank (at the time "Nixon Center).
According to the US State Department, Mei Ruui has been the Consul General in Shenyang since 2016.Since 2019, Mei Rui has been to Mongolia to serve as Deputy Director of the US Embassy in Mongolia, and then returned to the U.S. State Department.Mei Ruui also worked at the US Consulate General in Guangzhou and the US Embassy in Beijing in Beijing.
Reported that although there is not much public information about Mei Rurui, the Chinese media China Daily produced a short video of about one minute in 2018, introducing him to be a "Shenyang accent" who is eager to learn "Shenyang accent".Consul General, want to experience the authentic Shenyang life.
A source familiar with the U.S. State Department said that the US State Department decided to send a professional diplomat who had many years of experience in Greater China.The tension relationship has further intensified.
The source added that Mei Rurui's familiarity with the Chinese government and Mandarin's ability are important for preventing further rising political temperature in China and the United States.
The U.S. State Department did not respond to the request of comment.
After the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law in Hong Kong in 2020, after the sanctions on Hong Kong officials in Washington, the relationship between the United States and Hong Kong dropped to the freezing point.
The last US Consul General, Hanscom Smith, in the resignation speech in July this year, pointed out that the Chinese government implemented the National Security Law in Hong Kong, weakened Hong Kong's autonomy, and urged Beijing to "let Hong Kong do Hong Kong to do it in Hong Kong to do it.Back to Hong Kong. "
It is reported that although the upcoming consul soon does not need to be approved by the host government, the location filled by Mei Rurui will be reviewed by more and more Beijing.In 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested U.S. diplomats before meeting with any Hong Kong officials, members of education institutions and representatives of Hong Kong political parties.
