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Trump Beijing Visit Twist: Why Marco Rubio entered China as 'Marco Lu'| Explained

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accompanied US President Donald Trump on his first trip to China despite being under sanctions by Beijing. A linguistic workaround and diplomatic protocol by China allowed sanctioned Rubio to enter Beijing. Al Jazeera reported that official Chinese documents spelt his name as "Marco Lu" by transliterating the first syllable of his surname with a different Chinese character for "lu." This allowed Beijing to host him without formally lifting sanctions imposed on him.

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