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Xi Jinping used 'a human Chinese wall' of soldiers to block eye contact between him and Mark Zuckerberg, new book says


Published on 2025-03-12 05:00:51 - Insider
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  • But Xi didn't seem interested. That's according to Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive who said she had tried to engineer a "spontaneous encounter" between Zuckerberg

According to a new book by Ben Rhodes titled "After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made," during a state visit to the United States in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping employed a unique strategy to avoid direct eye contact with Mark Zuckerberg at a White House dinner. The book describes how Xi was surrounded by a "human Chinese wall" of soldiers, effectively blocking any potential interaction or eye contact with Zuckerberg, who was seated nearby. This anecdote illustrates the lengths to which Xi's security and protocol teams went to manage his interactions, reflecting the broader theme of the book which explores the complexities of international relations and personal diplomacy.

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