Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio was due Wednesday in Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under sanctions from China, whose new approach to him has included changing how his name is written. As a US senator, Rubio fiercely championed human rights in China, which retaliated by imposing sanctions on him twice — adopting a tactic more often used by the United States against adversaries. China said Tuesday it would not block Rubio, now 54 and visiting China for the first time, from entering on Air Force One with Trump, the first US president to visit the Asian […]... Keep on reading: Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions

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