(Hong Kong News) Two people familiar with the matter revealed that Gregory May, the "China" of the US State Department, will be appointed as the new consular of the United States in Hong Kong and Macao.
South China Morning Post quoted people familiar with the personnel arrangements that Mei Rurui's appointment for the highest diplomat in the United States in Hong Kong is approaching.
A person familiar with the U.S. State Department's thinking said that the United States decided to send a vocational diplomat who had many years of experience in Greater China, partly because of the intensive relationship between Washington and Hong Kong and Beijing officials.
The person familiar with the matter said that Mei Rurui and the Chinese government's friendship and well -known call will help prevent the rise of Chinese and American politics from rising.The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to confirming the request for comment appointed by Mei Rurui.
Beijing implemented the Hong Kong National Security Law in Hong Kong in 2020, and Huafu followed the sanctions on Hong Kong officials, which reduced US -Hong Kong relations to freezing.
Hanscom Smith, the Consul General in Hong Kong and Macao, who deployed in Hong Kong and Macao, in his speech in July this year, pointing 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 return to Hong Kong."
It is reported that although the upcoming Consul General does not need to be approved by the host government, the location filled by Mei Ruui will be closely reviewed by Beijing.In 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested US diplomats to be approved by any Hong Kong officials, education institutions and Hong Kong political parties, and must be approved by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong.
According to information on the personal page of the official website of the US State Department and the personal page of Mei Rurui, Mei Ruirui joined diplomatic work in 2000. He then worked at the US Consulate General in Guangzhou and the US Embassy in Beijing in Beijing.From August 2016 to July 2019, he served as Consul General in Shenyang, and then served as the "second leader" of the US Embassy in Mongolia.
China Daily produced a one -minute short film in 2018. Introduction Mei Rurui is an American Consul General who is eager to learn the "Shenyang accent" to experience the authentic Shenyang life.Before becoming a diplomat, Mei Rurui served as a China Research Assistant Director and Research Assistant at Washington Foreign Policy Think Tank (Nixon Center).From 1993 to 1996, Mei Rurui served as a reporter at the Taipei International Community English Radio, and was also a correspondent of News Weekly.
Mei Rurui is from Texas, graduated from Texas University, and has obtained a master's degree in Chinese research at the School of High School of International Research from Johns Hopkins.He and his wife Margaret had three children.
