Embassy of China in Washington, D.C.
| Embassy of China, Washington, D.C. Embassy of The People's Republic of China in The United States of America 中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆 |
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| Coordinates | 38°56′33″N 77°3′59″W / 38.94250°N 77.06639°WCoordinates: 38°56′33″N 77°3′59″W / 38.94250°N 77.06639°W |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Address | 3505 International Place, N.W. |
| Ambassador | Cui Tiankai |
The Embassy of China in the U.S.A., Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of China to the United States. It is located at 3505 International Place, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cleveland Park neighborhood.
The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City.
The Ambassador is Cui Tiankai, who was appointed in April 2013. The previous ambassador was Zhang Yesui.
The Qing Empire opened its first mission to the U.S. in 1875, with Chen Lanbin as Minister. From 1886 to 1893, the legation was located in Stewart's Castle on Dupont Circle, then under Minister Wu Tingfang in the former mansion of Thomas Franklin Schneider at 18th & Q Street, NW.
In 1902, the Qing legation moved to a purpose-built mansion designed by Waddy Butler Wood on 2001 19th Street NW. It is the oldest extant building erected in Washington by a foreign government, following the demolition in 1931 of the former British Legation on Connecticut Avenue, built in 1872. This became the legation of the Republic of China following the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912. In 1935, the legation was upgraded to an embassy, and Alfred Sao-ke Sze became China's first ambassador to the U.S. The embassy remained in the same building until 1944, then moved to the former Fahnestock Mansion designed by Nathan C. Wyeth on 2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW (now the embassy of Haiti), where it stayed until the late 1970s.
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