The US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will step down early next month, ending of his three-year tenure to work on President Donald Trump's re-election campaign.

US ambassador to China Terry Branstad leaving post to help Trump campaign

Early on Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that the US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad was leaving his post soon. Branstad, 73, was once a governor of Iowa, and no clear reasons have been put out for this sudden departure.

US ambassador to China Branstad is leaving post, suggests US Secretary of State Pompeo

Iowa governor Terry Branstad, the new envoy, has close ties to Chinese President Xi Jinping dating back to the mid-1980s

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