Marco Rubio was reportedly allowed to enter China for President Donald Trump’s summit in Beijing through a diplomatic workaround involving the spelling of his name.
According to Al Jazeera reports, Chinese authorities changed the Chinese transliteration of Rubio’s surname in official documents, effectively allowing him to enter despite sanctions previously imposed on him by Beijing.
Al Jazeera correspondent Alan Fisher said: “China did this using sleight of hand: his name is spelled differently in the official documents for this trip.”
Chinese authorities reportedly changed Rubio’s surname to a different Chinese character, “Lu”, allowing him to travel under the name “Marco Lu” without formally lifting the ban.
Beijing imposed sanctions on Rubio twice in 2020, when he served as a US senator. These steps were taken after criticizing China’s actions in Hong Kong and raising concerns over the treatment of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
Rubio also supported the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in the United States Congress.
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