He may not speak Mandarin Chinese but when Gary Locke, US commerce secretary, presents his credentials in Beijing as the new US ambassador he will be welcomed by many as a returning son of the nation. In a meeting in mid-2009, Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, congratulated Mr Locke and Steven Chu, energy secretary, for being Chinese-Americans who had achieved such high office, according to diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and seen by the Financial Times.
美國商務部長駱家輝(Gary Locke)或許不講普通話,但當他以新任美國駐華大使身份向中國政府遞交國書時,許多人將把他當作一名“歸國游子”來歡迎。英國《金融時報》記者看到的維基解密(WikiLeaks)掌握的外交密電顯示,在2009年中的一次會晤中,中國國務院總理溫家寶對于駱家輝和美國能源部長朱棣文(Steven Chu)以華裔身份登上如此高位表示了祝賀。