Familiar and new faces join US delegation for lakeside talks in Beijing
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan was joined by a large contingent for meetings with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi
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It was the fifth time Sullivan and Foreign Minister Wang have held talks since May 2023, and this time the American official was accompanied by a large delegation – nearly all of them Chinese speakers, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
There were three new faces among the US contingent at the talks, which were held at a secluded lakeside resort on the northern outskirts of Beijing.
One of them was Diana Chu Partridge, a former diplomat with the US embassy in China who is now director for China at the National Security Council, according to CCTV. It noted her extensive experience in the country including engaging with Chinese officials and academics on US-China relations.
The other two were Joy Li, director for strategic planning at the NSC, and Nicole Fasano, policy adviser to the national security adviser at the NSC.
Li studied Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 2008 during her undergraduate years at Princeton University, and she interned at the US Trade Representative’s Office of China Affairs in 2015 during her postgraduate studies.
