Gavin Newsom’s meeting with Chinese president could strengthen U.S.-China ties

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Earlier in the day Newsom met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Han Zheng. In those meetings, he brought up China’s human rights violations, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and policies towards Tibet and Taiwan. Before the trip, the governor’s office said Newsom considered these areas federal issues and would instead focus on climate policy and technology. As it turns out, climate opened the door for Newsom to engage with China on a host of other topics — from trade to the Israel-Hamas war to a Californian imprisoned in the country for 17 years. The sitdown — the...