Newsom said he didn't bring up human rights issues with Xi Jinping while in China but talked about them with the Chinese foreign minister.
California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed during a press conference on Wednesday that he did not confront China's President Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing about human rights violations allegedly committed by the country's government.The Democratic governor started his seven-day trip to China on Monday in Hong Kong with the backdrop of climate change as topping his agenda, promising cooperation between California and China.
Before Newsom even left California, a group of 60 advocacy groups and non-governmental organizations released a joint statement Friday describing the governor's trip as a move to 'explicitly turn away from engaging on critical human rights issues.'On Wednesday, Newsom confirmed that he did not mention human rights issues during his meeting with Xi in Beijing the day before, but he did so with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi.
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