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

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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was heading Tuesday (May 12) to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions - a breakthrough apparently made possible after China changed his name's transliteration. As a US senator, Rubio, now 54 and visiting China for the first time, 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 found a

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Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions https://www.channelnewsasia.com - 13.05.2026 05:08
Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions https://www.channelnewsasia.com/ - 13.05.2026 04:58