BEIJING: The top career diplomat at the US embassy in China has stepped down, an American official in Beijing confirmed on Tuesday, amid suggestions that he opposes President Donald Trump’s climate policy.

Embassy charge d’affaires David Rank was a 27-year veteran State Department officer appointed to serve in Beijing in January last year.

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