Huntsman Reportedly Set To Be U.S. Envoy To Beijing

Jon Huntsman is set to be named as the U.S. ambassador to Beijing, according to the Associated Press. Huntsman is the moderate two-term Republican governor of Utah and was consider a potential presidential candidate in the U.S. elections due in 2012. He is also a Chinese speaker having been a Mormon missionary in Taiwan. He was the first President Bush’s ambassador to Singapore and later the U.S.’s deputy trade representative. His quiet political style and preference for back-room negotiation over public bombast would likely go down well in Beijing.