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By Kang Juan

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks as US President Barack Obama looks on Saturday in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama nominated Huntsman as the next US ambassador to China. (Photo: AFP)

China’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday that it had been diplomatically contacted regarding the nomination of Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. as the new US ambassador to China and expressed hope that a new appointee will play a positive role in bilateral relations.

“The US has sought opinions from the Chinese side through diplomatic channels and China is handling the issue according to relevant procedures and international conventions. We hope that a new appointee will play a positive role and work to the advantage of the development of bilateral relations in a new era and strengthen the friendship between the two peoples,” the ministry told the Global Times in a statement.

Fluent in Putonghua and having adopted a Chinese daughter, the newly nominated US ambassador to China looks to assume a crucial role of diplomat between two nations that are increasingly interdependent in economic matters and are often at odds over hot-button issues such as human rights and weapon sales to Taiwan.

But analysts warn that even with the strong Chinese cultural background that Huntsman possesses, it doesn’t mean the US will be any less firm with China on contested and thorny issues.

US President Barack Obama tapped Huntsman for the key foreign-policy role that has been vacant since Clark T. Randt Jr. retired from the position in January.

Obama said Saturday he made the appointment “mindful of its extraordinary significance,” as well as the breadth of issues at stake in US-China relations, including the global economic crisis, the environment, public health, human rights, Pakistan and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

“I can think of no one better suited to take on this assignment” than Huntsman, Obama said.

 Claiming to be the only Chinese-speaking governor in the US, Huntsman was apparently skillful in mastering Chinese aphorisms. “Together we work, together we progress,” he concluded Saturday during his nomination speech, noting that the saying is his favorite Chinese adage.

It’s not likely that Huntsman will step down as governor until the US Senate confirms his nomination, which could take weeks.

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