China tweaks Rubio’s name to bypass travel ban for Trump-Xi meeting
Diplomats said the spelling change let Beijing sidestep sanctions that included an entry ban on Rubio as he joined Trump for talks with Xi Jinping.
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Beijing with President Donald Trump for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with a viral Air Force One photo capturing the delegation's arrival.
- China previously sanctioned Rubio in 2020 after he criticized Beijing regarding Xinjiang, Uyghurs, and Hong Kong while serving as a senator, measures that technically banned the Secretary from entering the country.
- To bypass the entry ban, Chinese officials reportedly used an alternate Mandarin transliteration for Rubio's surname; diplomats told Agence France-Presse this linguistic switch allowed Beijing to technically sidestep sanctions attached to the older spelling.
- Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Agence France-Presse that Beijing would not block the Secretary's travel, stating, "The sanctions target Mr. Rubio's words and deeds when he served as a US senator concerning China."
- Rubio told reporters last week that Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait are likely to come up during talks, noting both countries understand that destabilization in the Indo-Pacific would serve neither side's interests.
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