Many China watchers are quite disgusted that China allowed an anti China man that has been sanctioned by China to be allowed into China. Some are even more furious listening to the Ah Q explanation on why Marco Rubio was allowed into China with the Chinese character of Marco Rubio being changed to facilitate his entry as a different person.
The official version is that China sanctioned the person Marco Rubio but not the Secretary of State of USA. One is a person, the other is an official appointment, an office. Of course the difference is very subtle and subjective as Marco Rubio is still Marco Rubio no matter what is his designation, a senator or a Secretary of State.
Mike Pompeo was also the Secretary of State but is still under sanctioned after he left office. The man being sanctioned is Mike Pompeo. And the man Marco Rubio will be like Pompeo, will be sanctioned for life once he left office.
The changing of Rubio's name in Chinese is to let the Chinese tracking system to continue to track Marco Rubio but allowed a temporary reprieve for the Marco Rubio as the Secretary of State. Once Rubio leaves office, this little alteration will be removed from the tracking system, and his name stays in the sanctioned list...not allowed to enter China, unless he is removed from sanction.
China has made an exception administratively for political reason. It is a loophole but only temporary. But Rubio's sanctioned status did not mean he got a free pass. As Secretary of State, he is important enough to be seated in the main table with Xi and Trump. But he was left out of the protocol loop. He came early, on his own to the Great Hall of the People, but not one of the VVIP was there. He was left alone without knowing what was happening. He was lost, without anyone to talk to and did not know what was happening. A cold shoulder treatment.
Xi and Trump and the rest of the VVIPs in the main table came in together. Very likely they were ushered into a special room for some private socialising and chit chat, to get to know each other better, ... without Rubio's presence. Rubio was not invited into the private room with Xi, Trump and all the top Chinese leaders. There is a price to pay for being a sanctioned man in China.
Rubio waited alone, looking very lonely and lost.
PS. Pete Hegseth was not given a seat in the main table with Xi and Trump.
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