US-China tensionsStrategic ambiguity on Taiwan works: U.S. envoy pick for China
Nicholas Burns says America is 'better off' sticking with current policies
Nicholas Burns, the Biden administration's nominee for ambassador to China, speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Oct. 20. © AP
KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia chief desk editor
October 21, 2021 03:25 JST
Updated on October 21, 2021 07:12 JST
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee for ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, spoke harshly of Beijing at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday but endorsed Washington's long-standing "One China" policy and so-called strategic ambiguity regarding Taiwan as effective.