New Chinese spelling opens door for Rubio’s Beijing visit
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once barred from entering China, met Chinese officials in Beijing on a Trump-era trip, with a nameplate showing a new Chinese spelling of his name that may have enabled the visit.
- A new Chinese spelling of ‘Rubio’ sidesteps China’s travel ban The Washington Post
- How China changed Rubio name to let him join Trump summit despite sanctions Al Jazeera
- China tweaks Rubio’s name to bypass travel ban for Trump-Xi meeting The Hill
- Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions France 24
- Linguistic workaround allows Marco Rubio, sanctioned by Beijing, to travel to China for the first time The Guardian
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