Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was heading Tuesday to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions — a breakthrough apparently made possible after China changed his name’s transliteration. As a US senator, Rubio, now 54 and visiting China for the first time, fiercely championed human rights in China, which retaliated by imposing […] The post Rubio, with new Chinese name, heads to Beijing despite sanctions appeared first on Digital Journal.