has gloss | eng: Stephen M. Young (1951- ) is an American diplomat. Ambassador Young is the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong in the administration of President Barack Obama. He took office in March 2010. As Consulate General, Young is responsible for the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions. He was the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto United States embassy of Taiwan in Taipei, from March 18, 2006 to July 3, 2009. Recently, he was a member of the faculty at the National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces, located at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. |