BBC Online :
The US Senate has unanimously approved Senator Max Baucus as the new US ambassador to China.
The Senate confirmed Baucus, who was nominated by President Barack Obama to the post, by 96 votes to zero.
The Democrat Senator is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and supported China’s admission into the World Trade Organisation in 2001.
He replaces Gary Locke, former commerce secretary and the first Chinese American in the position.
Speaking after the confirmation vote on Thursday, Baucus said: “The relationship between the US and China is one of the most important in the world and we, both China and the United States, need to get it right.”
Developing “confidence and trust” between the two sides would be “a top priority”, he added.
