{"id":1949303,"date":"2023-06-16T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-leader-praises-bill-gates-at-china-meeting-first-american-friend-ive-met-in-beijing-this-year\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:55:26","slug":"ccp-leader-praises-bill-gates-at-china-meeting-first-american-friend-ive-met-in-beijing-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-leader-praises-bill-gates-at-china-meeting-first-american-friend-ive-met-in-beijing-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"CCP leader hails Bill Gates as &#8216;my first American friend in Beijing this year&#8217; during China meeting."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fccp-leader-praises-bill-gates-at-china-meeting-first-american-friend-ive-met-in-beijing-this-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Xi Jinping Praises Bill Gates as a &#8220;Friend&#8221; during Beijing Meeting<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese Communist Party General Secretary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/xi-jinping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xi Jinping<\/a> had high praise for American billionaire and Microsoft co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bill-gates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Gates<\/a> during their recent meeting in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gates, who was visiting China to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-kjp-says-meetings-with-sam-bankman-fried-were-to-discuss-pandemic-prevention\/\" title=\"Lol: KJP says that Sam Bankman-Fried was at the Meetings \"Discuss Pandemic Prevention\"\">discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-parody-pentagon-researchers-are-focusing-on-an-under-the-skin-microchip-as-an-end-to-the-pandemic\/\" title=\"Not Parody: Pentagon Researchers Are Focusing On An Under-The-Skin Microchip As An End To The Pandemic\">pandemic prevention<\/a><\/a> and technological development, was hailed as the &#8220;first American friend&#8221; Xi has met in Beijing this year. The discussion, broadcast on China Central Television, emphasized the importance of friendly relations between the Chinese and American people.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xi and Bill Gates meet in Beijing. <\/p>\n<p>Xi: &#8220;You are the first American friend I\u2019ve met in Beijing this year.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Gates: &#8220;I&#8217;m very excited to be back.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQoV40XKbF\">pic.twitter.com\/UQoV40XKbF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1669696849568235523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to pandemic prevention, Xi and Gates reportedly discussed artificial intelligence, although the details of their conversation have not been disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gates, who has been working on global health and development challenges with the Gates Foundation, expressed his excitement about visiting China after a long absence. He also acknowledged China&#8217;s expertise in addressing issues such as poverty and health, stating that there is much to learn from the country&#8217;s innovative approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, Gates has faced criticism for his previous praise of China and allegations that Microsoft aided in the censorship of Chinese dissidents. Despite these controversies, the meeting between Xi and Gates highlights the ongoing importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/again-chinese-foreign-minister-berates-antony-blinken-at-g20-summit\/\" title=\"Again! Chinese Foreign Minister Berates Antony Blinken at G20 Summit\">maintaining open lines<\/a> of communication between China and the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The meeting between Xi and Gates precedes U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s upcoming trip to China, which aims to address bilateral issues and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-leader-praises-bill-gates-at-china-meeting-first-american-friend-ive-met-in-beijing-this-year\/\" title=\"CCP leader hails Bill Gates as 'my first American friend in Beijing this year' during China meeting.\">explore potential cooperation<\/a> on shared challenges. This visit follows a secret trip made by CIA Director William Burns in May, indicating the ongoing efforts to foster dialogue between the two nations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping commended Bill Gates, the American billionaire and Microsoft co-founder, referring to him as a &#8220;friend.&#8221; During their meeting, Xi, Gates, Chinese Foreign Secretary Qin Gang, and chief Chinese diplomat Wang Yi discussed pandemic prevention and technological advancements. Bloomberg reported that Xi expressed his gratitude, stating, &#8220;You are the first American friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1949304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7126,8544,4123,4290,4501,7377,3979,8914,3939,4470,5734],"class_list":["post-1949303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-ccp","tag-my","tag-american","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-friend","tag-gates","tag-hails","tag-leader","tag-meeting","tag-year"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}