John Ryan is a Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he studied International Politics at Georgetown University and completed his Master’s in Asian Studies at George Washington University. Before graduate school, John was a social worker with homeless families and worked at a healthcare information technology startup.

Janice Yanli Cheng has worked at the Embassy for nearly 30 years in the consular section. A native of Beijing, she supervises all passport, notarial, and consular reports of birth abroad (CRBA) services. Janice also manages federal benefit services and provides special consular services from repatriation to financial assistance, and hospitalizations to missing persons cases