On January 20, Xie Feng, China’s ambassador to the United States, appeared at Donald Trump’s second inauguration, accompanying Vice-President Han Zheng.
Beyond this brief moment in the spotlight, however, Xie has kept a lower profile during Trump’s second term, in stark contrast to his predecessors Cui Tiankai and Qin Gang, who actively engaged American audiences to counter negative perceptions of China.
At events such as the 2024 Harvard Kennedy School China Conference, despite facing…
