memeorandum: Xi Jinping's ‘Old Friends’ from Iowa Get a Dinner Invitation (Jennifer Jacobs/Bloomberg)

3:55 PM ET, November 11, 2023

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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:

Xi Jinping's ‘Old Friends’ from Iowa Get a Dinner Invitation — Reunion will be on sidelines of the APEC summit in California — Iowans met future Chinese leader when he visited state in 1985 — A group of Chinese President Xi Jinping's “old friends” from Iowa have been invited …

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