Facing off against youngsters during stop in Beijing, the California governor didn't quite bring his A-game.
California Governor Gavin Newsom accidentally knocked a young boy off his feet in a friendly game of hoops at an elementary school in Beijing last week.Newsom left China Sunday after a weeklong trip to strengthen cultural ties and find common ground on global challenges like climate change, at a time when Washington and Beijing's frosty relationship is limiting cooperation to a minimum.
More than 50 activist groups signed a statement blasting his 'decision to explicitly turn away from engaging on critical human rights issues.' The signatories urged him not to meet with officials involved in the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy.As two of the world's biggest economies, China and California must work together on climate change, Newsom wrote Thursday on X, former Twitter.
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