1792–1794:
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney 1815-1817:
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary ====Imperial China (during the
First Opium War)==== ====Imperial China (held by the
governor of Hong Kong)====
Imperial China Republic of China Ambassadors to the Republic of China Chargés d'affaires to the People's Republic of China The United Kingdom recognized Communist China in January 1950 and posted a
chargé d'affaires in the new capital of Beijing. However, China was unwilling to exchange ambassadors until the British consulate in Taipei was withdrawn in 1972.
Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China ==See also==