Rob Forden as Chargé d'affaires?

Chargé d'affaires?

It reminds me of the existence of the U.S. Liaison Office in China from 1973 to 1979, which was headed by a Chargé d'affaires.

The significance of the U.S. Liaison Office is a precedent of the dual recognition.  Now the fact that the U.S. assigns Rob Forden, with his Taiwanese wife, to be the U.S. Chargé d'affaires at Beijing, is sending a strong message to the CCP of the possibility degrading the mutual relations between the U.S. and China.