Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Beijing with President Donald Trump this week despite Chinese sanctions imposed on him in 2020.
Rubio is accompanying the president on his trip to China for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. It is Rubio’s first trip to China and comes after Chinese authorities altered the official transliteration of part of his name.
The Chinese government and state media began using a new Chinese character for Rubio’s surname shortly before he took office as secretary of state in January 2025. The change gives the impression that sanctions targeted a different “Rubio.”
Foreign names are often rendered in different Chinese characters, although the process is not strictly standardized. Trump is known by two different spellings in Chinese media….
China Lets Sanctioned Marco Rubio Visit Beijing After It Makes Change to His Name
