It was a great time. We got there in 2006 and did not really know that much about China. It just sort of The position I took there was only 13 in the world, and they were tied to a political ambassador. And my ambassador named Sandy Randt had been there since the beginning. He had studied Mandarin, had lived. He was first commercial attache in Beijing in the 70s when there wasn't really an actual official relationship. (03:20–03:26)
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Asserts that the position Michael Crain held in Beijing was one of only 13 such positions globally, linked to a political ambassador.
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