The Consulate General of the United States, Shenyang () is one of seven American diplomatic and consular posts in the

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. It is located in

Heping District, Shenyang Heping District () is one of ten districts of the Chinese sub-provincial city of Shenyang, the capital of the Northeastern province of Liaoning. It borders the districts of Huanggu to the north, Shenhe to the east, Dongling to the southeast, S ...

, Liaoning.

History

The U.S. Consulate in Shenyang was opened in 1904. It was originally housed in two abandoned Chinese temples, "Temples 'Yi Kung Ssu' and 'Scwang Chen Ssu' located outside the Little West Commerce Gate." Sometime before 1924, the Consulate moved to No. 1 Wu Wei Lu, a building which used to house the Russian Consulate. At the time, the United States had several other Consulates in Northeast China, including in

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. These appear to have been closed by World War II. The Shenyang Consulate operated for most of the war and closed in 1949 after the new Chinese Communist Party authorities had imprisoned the remaining consulate staff in their offices for almost a year before expelling them. In 1984, five years after the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with the government in Beijing, the Consulate reopened.

Consuls general

*William M. Coleman, 2024–present *Sara Yun, 2022–2024 *Nancy Abella, 2019–2022 *Gregory May 2017 – 2019 *Scott Weinhold, 2013-2017 *Sean Stein, 2010–2013 *Stephen Wickman, 2007-2010 *David Kornbluth, 2004-2007 *Mark Kennon, 2002-2004 *Angus Taylor Simmons, 1999-2002 *Gerard R. Pascua (including 1994)Gerard R. Pascua *Morton Holbrook III, 1990–1993 *Carl Eugene "Gene" Dorris, 1987–1990 *John A. "Jack" Froebe, 1986–1987 *James Hall, 1984–1986

References

*"Manchurian Raids Creating Terror". ''The New York Times''. June 20, 1933: pp. 5. *Associated Press. "American Golfers in Mukden Carry Guns to Resist Bandits". ''The New York Times''. September 23, 1932: pp. 5. *"Manchuria Railway Raided 42 Times A Day". ''The New York Times''. August 23, 1932: pp. 7 *Abend, Hallet. "U.S. Consul Beaten by Japanese Patrol in Mukden Street". ''The New York Times''. January 4, 1932: pp. 1. *"U.S. Consuls in Mukden Drive Off Crazed Soldier". ''The New York Times''. July 17, 1934: pp. 13. *Song Lijun. "POWs' painful memories of war". ''China Daily''. Clipping does not have a page number or date. {{Authority control

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Shenyang China–United States relations

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