Unnamed sources said David Rank had resigned as he could not support Donald Trump’s decision last week to withdraw from the Paris climate agreementThe most senior career diplomat at the US embassy in China has stepped down, amid reports that he opposes the Trump administration’s decision to quit the Paris agreement to fight climate change. David Rank, a 27-year veteran state department officer, was appointed to serve as chargé d’affaires in Beijing in January last year. “He has retired from the foreign service,” said Anna Richey-Allen, a spokeswoman for the department’s East Asia bureau. A tweet from the China expert John Pomfret quoted unnamed sources as saying that Rank had resigned as he could not support Trump’s decision last week to withdraw from the Paris agreement. John Pomfret 潘文 (@JEPomfret) David Rank, no.2 @USEmbassyBJ, has resigned, sources say.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2017 21:45 UTC