English: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for Nicholas Burns to be ambassador to China, Rahm Emanuel to be ambassador to Japan, and Jonathan Kaplan to be ambassador to Singapore. Mr. Burns testified first. Senators pressed him on a host of topics, including countering China’s threats, its human rights abuses, the U.S. defending Taiwan, and U.S.-China relations and interests. China continued to be a topic of interest as Mr. Emanuel and Kaplan testified. The committee asked them about China and the role Japan and Singapore plays to keep peace in the Indo-Pacific region.