Obama’s Man in China Now Beijing’s Man in Washington

Former ambassador Baucus appears regularly on Chinese propaganda outlets

Yuichiro Kakutani
May 21, 2020 5:00 AM

As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world, the Obama administration's ambassador to China has found a second lease on life as a pro-China talking head on regime propaganda outlets.

Obama’s China Ambassador Compares Trump’s Rhetoric Toward China to Hitler

Max Baucus says U.S. will ‘pay a price’ for ‘China-bashing’

Graham Piro
May 7, 2020 2:50 PM

Barack Obama's former China ambassador Max Baucus on Wednesday compared President Donald Trump's criticism of China to Hitler's political rhetoric.

‘I Take My Hat Off to China’: Obama’s China Ambassador Praises Chinese Response to Virus

Cameron Cawthorne
March 24, 2020 2:20 PM

Former president Barack Obama's China ambassador Max Baucus, who established extensive business ties to China after leaving the ambassadorship in 2017, extolled China's government on Tuesday for the way the country has responded to the coronavirus outbreak.

Democrats Loved Jonathan Gruber Before They Forgot Who He Was

David Rutz
November 14, 2014 3:43 PM

Panel: Ambassador Nominee Gaffes ‘Should Be Embarrassing’ for Obama

Washington Free Beacon Staff
February 14, 2014 7:35 PM

Baucus Won’t Commit to Attending Church Service in China

Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 28, 2014 11:59 AM

Baucus: Not Sure if Obama Administration Considers U.S. Embassy in China An Island of Freedom

Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 28, 2014 11:39 AM

Max Baucus Advised Foundation Funded by U.S. Branches of Chinese-Owned Banks

Baucus is Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to China

Daniel Wiser
January 9, 2014 5:00 AM

Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), President Barack Obama’s nominee for the next U.S. ambassador to China, has advised a foundation funded by the U.S. branches of Chinese state-owned banks and companies and a Chinese telecommunications giant accused of spying on Americans.

Rubio: Delay Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Until Exchanges Properly Running

'If we begin to argue around here that once something is existing law it can never be changed, we might as well close up shop because that's what we do'

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 30, 2013 4:04 PM

Immigration Bill Could Encourage Hiring of Amnestied Immigrants

Sens. won’t answer questions about policy

Washington Free Beacon Staff
June 25, 2013 6:00 PM

Obamacare exemptions could create a financial incentive for employers to hire amnestied immigrants and five senators supporting the bill will not answer questions about that fact, the Weekly Standard reports.