China will has a clearer idea what kind of game ASEAN is playing after the summit.
Macro Rubio will attend the Asean meeting with China's Wang Yi and Russia's Sergrey Lavrov.
According to US spokeswoman Tammy Bruce: "Rubio, in his first trip to Asia as Secretary of State, Secretary Rubio is focused on reaffirming the United States’ commitment to advancing a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific region, aiming to curb China’s growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region."
Also, he will meet Sergrey Lavrov on sideline to discuss Ukraine issues.
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Wang YI held meeting with ASEAN.
All eyes is now on What Marco Rubio does and says during the meeting.
Ukraine came out and said Navalny's death wasn't in fact Putin (as Biden and the US Policy makers were so quick to decry)! David & Elizabeth react to the news in this short reaction video!
This class was taught LIVE on November 8, 2023, at 06:00 PM CT (-6GMT)
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US presidential air transport fleet consists of two specially configured Boeing 747-200B. Each plane cost about $2 billion to build and more than $200,000 to fly.
(Extremely high running cost, for example, a single trip to Japan for a diplomatic summit cost US taxpayers around $2.5 million in operating expenses alone.)
Why waste money just to look good?
China does not see the need to waste money to operates an "air force one" like presidential plane. For his official international trips, Xi travels on the cheap using Air China commercial aircraft. Money saved coud be wisely used to subsidise air travel innovations:
side note: very soon, ordinary Chinese citizens can fly around like country presidents.
China has no choice but to waste more time talking to USA.
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbzhd/202507/t20250711_11669668.html
