CCP Leader Praises Bill Gates At China Meeting: ‘First American Friend I’ve Met In Beijing This Year’ | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping praised American billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, calling the businessman a "friend."

    Gates met with Xi this week, alongside Chinese Foreign Secretary Qin Gang and chief Chinese diplomat Wang Yi. Xi and Gates discussed pandemic prevention and technological development, according to Bloomberg.

    "You are the first American friend I've met in Beijing this year," Xi told Gates, in a discussion that was broadcast on China Central Television, a state-backed broadcaster.

    "I've always said that the foundation of China-U.S. ties lies among the people," Xi said. "We always pin our hopes on [the] American people and hope the two peoples can continue to be friendly."

    The two also reportedly discussed artificial intelligence, though what was exactly said has not yet been disclosed.

    Gates said on Twitter that he was in China to meet with partners working on "global health and development challenges."

    "I've just landed in Beijing for the first time since 2019, where I'm excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development challenges with [the Gates Foundation] for more than 15 years," he said.

    Gates went on to say that much could be learned from China on issues of poverty and health.

    "Solving problems like climate change, health inequity and food insecurity requires innovation. From developing malaria drugs to investing in climate adaptation, China has a lot of experience in that. We need to unlock that kind of progress for more people around the world," he said.

    Gates, who has praised China before, has come under fire after Microsoft was accused of aiding in the censorship of Chinese dissidents. In 2005, Microsoft banned Chinese journalist Zhao Jing after a request from the CCP, according to Amnesty International. Gates has also downplayed the scope of Chinese censorship.

    The meeting between Xi and Gates comes before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to China. A previous trip from Blinken to China was canceled after a Chinese spy balloon floated over the U.S.

    "While in Beijing, Secretary Blinken will meet with senior PRC officials where he will discuss the importance of maintaining open lines of communication to responsibly manage the U.S.-PRC relationship. He will also raise bilateral issues of concern, global and regional matters, and potential cooperation on shared transnational challenges," the State Department said in a statement.

    Blinken's visit follows the secret trip made by CIA Director William Burns in May.

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Considering how abjectly corrupt and civilly abusive the Left has become regarding the corrosive effect of their elected leaders; their entrenched and ruling bureaucracy; employing their failed Education Industry as Indoctrinators; their collusive private sector operators, such as the terminally discredited Legacy Media and Big Tech censorship of Free Speech: What will be the best course forward for hardworking Middle Americans, including the Patriot Class?

  Withdraw from society, go underground and plan for a resurgence when it is feasible to do so.

  Work within the confines of better policy by the People's government, once good sense and sanity is restored in the electorate at large, to achieve such.

  Are you a crazy, nut-job Insurrectionist? Everything is perfect within our plan to achieve our intended goals for the Socialist Left.

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