Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulled back the curtain on private discussions between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump.
Beijing cleared the way for Rubio to touch down on Chinese soil this week, despite having the Secretary of State under strict sanctions for nearly six years.
Rubio, a long-time China hawk who was blacklisted by the Communist regime in 2020 for his scathing criticism of the regime’s human rights record, was widely expected to be a ‘persona non grata’ during President Trump’s visit.
However, Chinese officials signaled that the standing sanctions would not bar Rubio from the visit, offering a technical loophole
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