Reuters first reported his selection as future ambassador to China in February. His father David Wilson was governor of Hong Kong, then a British colony, from 1987-1992.

Gary Locke is the former U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and Governor of Washington State. The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.

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