. . . . . . . . . . "James R. Lilley"@en . "1928-01-15Z"^^ . "2009Z"^^ . "James Roderick Lilley (simplified Chinese: \u674E\u6D01\u660E; traditional Chinese: \u674E\u6F54\u660E; pinyin: L\u01D0 Ji\u00E9m\u00EDng); January 15, 1928 \u2013 November 12, 2009) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to China at the time of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.Born to American parents in China, he learned Mandarin at a young age before his family moved back to the United States at the outbreak of World War II."@en . "Lilley, James"@en . "2009-11-12Z"^^ . "American diplomat" . . . "1928Z"^^ .