Sanctioned Marco Rubio in Beijing with Trump...caveat

 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.

Rubio arrived finding an empty table...where is everyone?

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.

America does not want to be the world's policeman....they want to be themselves, the terrorists of the world

US President Donald Trump posts a map graphic depicting Venezuela as America's 51st State. (Image: Truth Social/Donald Trump)

The American terrorists have usurped the role of international policeman since they became the undisputed superpower, unchallenged. And who are they protecting the world from...ihe American terrorists themselves. They controlled the narrative and the media and spread the lies that China, Russia and friends are threatening the world, wanting to invade and conquer the world, not today but tomorrow, just like the narrative that the end of the world is coming, not today but tomorrow. And many brain dead and unthinking choose to believe in these lies.

For decades, the American terrorists have been ruling the world, controlling and dictating to the world, beating up anyone or any country that dares to defy them, to want to walk an independent path.  They spread fears, create threats to justify their military presence, in the same way they create enemies to justify the huge military budget and military forces. No country is threatening or able to threaten the American Empire. It is the American terrorists that are threatening everyone. But the lies and narratives have sunk into the numbskulls of many silly countries that they now believe they needed the Americans as the policeman to protect them from imaginary threats manufactured by the Americans.

Recent events have offered more proof that the threats were all lies, fiction. The real warmongers, troublemakers, mass murderers were the American terrorists. Their lies that China, Russia, North Korea and friends are the threats have fallen flat. None of these countries are threatening anyone or at war with anyone. Only the American terrorists are at war all over the world.

Trump may not be smart, but he can see clearly that no want is believing in the American lies and narratives anymore. Not even the diehard believers and brain dead and the unthinking. The American terrorists are everywhere fighting wars and committing war crimes, genocides, The very dense would look foolish to claim otherwise.

Trump is now telling silly American allies that they are on their own, to spend on military budget to defend themselves, against their own imaginary enemies. The Asean countries can continue to believe in the American lies that China, Russia and North Korea are the biggest threats and can continue to live with these lies.

The American terrorists know that no one, other than the very dense, would still believe that they should be the policeman of the world, policeman for SE Asia. The Americans did not want to be the fictitious policeman anymore. So what do they want to be? 

The American terrorists know that they cannot lie to the world anymore. So Trump decides to be what they are, no more kidding, no more lies. The American terrorists want to be terrorists, international gangsters, pirates and world bullies. Like it or leave it, these are the true colours of the American terrorists. They are going to terrorise the world, behave like gangsters and pirates, take what they want, attack any country they want, stop freedom of navigation, blockade trade routes right in the face of their silly believers, shocking them into disbelief. Trump and his Washington rogues are telling the world how foolish are the leaders of their allies, believing in American lies, that the American terrorists are the good guys when they are the savages, the warmongers, the liars.

Today, any silly leaders in the American terrorists camp that stood up to sing praises of American goodness will make themselves look silly to the world and to their own people. The silence cannot be missed. They are smart enough not to say anything, to look away, and the smarter ones are quietly dissociating themselves from the American terrorists, the international gangsters and pirates starting wars and instability around the world.

American and Israeli terrorists spreading lies that UAE is attacking Iran. They think UAE are stupid

It has been reported that the UAE had secretly joined the USA and Israel in attacking Iran. This is asking for trouble that the UAE is least expected to do so, even as a close ally of the USA and Israel.

As they say, people in glass houses should not throw stones and nowhere is it more dangerous than for the UAE to do it. With all the infrastructures constructed to lure rich people to invest in Dubai, the UAE is cutting its nose to spite its face. Iran will not let this pass easily and Dubai's reputation will bite the dust. The damage is now unravelling.

Dubai is already toast, with the rich leaving over safety reasons, tourist arrivals at a standstill, yachts rusting at marinas and anchorages, high-end cars abandoned, low hotel occupation rates unseen before, shopping malls empty and workers laid off en masse and also leaving as well. You do not have to be a genius to understand why. Dubai is no longer safe, no longer an investor paradise, no longer a tourist must visit destination. Dubai is all an artificial hype-up facade losing its attraction fast. That is all going down into history making a beeline into the history books.


Anonymous

Trump needs to meet Xi to let the Americans know that he is still in the game

Looking at the body language of Xi in the video of him meeting Trump with a handshake, did anybody see Xi not seemingly interested in doing so. Too bad, he has to act diplomatically, but the message seems obvious. Why am I meeting you must have crossed his mind. China no longer sees Trump as someone to welcome and look up to. Xi is behaving just like an adult meeting a three-year old kid and of little consequence.

There are a whole retinue of top business leaders expected to follow Trump to Beijing on the 14th. What are they going there for, since Trump has been making every effort to cut off USA companies from dealing with China - the technology sector especially. China is already well prepared into de-coupling from the USA, so any trade discussion will end up being an exercise in futility. Since the USA was so keen to de-couple from China much earlier, China is helping them in this endeavor if they find it difficult to do so now. Nvidia has lost the China market already as openly declared by the man himself, Jensen Huang. China is not going to welcome the USA AI conglomerates now trying to do business in China. China is a big market for them but is now closed to them for good. Forget about agriculture as China has already found widespread alternative sources for food.

Xi has already instructed Chinese companies not to use USA or Western chips if domestic production is available. That gives Chinese chipmakers the impetus to go headlong into chip manufacturing, with Huawei and SMIC taking up the challenge, including many others. They know such instructions are unlikely to be reversed going forward. Sure, catching up takes time, but let not the USA chipmakers be lulled into a false sense of security that they will always be one step ahead. If they close their eyes like the North American Indians, they will not lose their land, but their pants will be at stake.

Xi's body language tells us who he hates to meet and who he finds pleasure in meeting. And Trump is definitely not one he will cherish meeting.


Anonymous

Breaking News - China gives Trump a first snub on arrival in Beijing

 This 4 min clip says a lot about Trump's visit to Beijing. The first snub that Trump took was the stair for him to descend from the aircraft. No red carpet on the stair, just bare aluminium. Not only that, it was only about 3 feet wide on the top half and widen slightly to 4 feet on the lower half, meant for one person at a time. Trump took notice of it the moment he stepped out from the plane. And he had to walk down carefully on the naked aluminium stair. But China still gave him the red carpet on the ground, not to embarrass him too much. The reception party, including guard of honours was scaled down.

A few things to take note. The visitors that came down, following behind Trump, were a couple of his family members and Musk, Jensen Huang, and a handful of others. Notably absent were Marco Rubio and Tim Cook. It seemed to be a downsized party. Were there last minute changes, dropouts? If Marco Rubio was there, he would be standing beside Trump or at least one step behind him. Tim Cook would also be with Musk or Jensen Huang. They could not be hiding in the plane as they were not seen departing with the main delegation.

Needs confirmation when the meeting starts tomorrow if those absent were really absent. It was reported all over that Marco Rubio was in the delegation, as well as Tim Cook. There were supposed to be 12 CEOs but expanded to 15 with Jensen as a last minute inclusion. Or he was added because many backout from this trip, including Tim Cook?