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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Muskan Singh

China wouldn't let Marco Rubio in, so he did something nobody in US politics has ever done

When Marco Rubio travelled to China alongside Donald Trump this week, many observers noticed something unusual. Rubio had previously been sanctioned by Beijing and officially banned from entering the country. Yet somehow, the US Secretary of State still walked into China for one of the most closely watched diplomatic visits of the year.

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