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US embassy getscharge d'affaires

Jonathan Fritz was named charge d'affaires at the United States embassy, according to an announcement by the embassy on Tuesday. David Rank left the post for personal reasons, the embassy said. Media reports speculated that Rank's leaving the embassy was in response to US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. There has been no update about when the new US Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, will assume office in Beijing, the embassy said.