Among the presidents of nations, high-profile dignitaries, and leaders of household-name companies like Visa, ExxonMobil and Microsoft who descended on San Francisco last week to speak at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events was a Santa Cruz computer scientist who put a buzz in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ear. BeeHero CEO Omer Davidi talked bees at the APEC … Read more
San Francisco cleaned up its act and played host to a Who’s Who of global import this past week as political, business and cultural leaders gathered from around the world — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping leading the pack — for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. There were plenty of other … Read more
Chaining themselves to cars and unfurling banners, protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza sought global attention Thursday by shutting down the Bay Bridge and snarling traffic for miles as some of the world’s most powerful leaders gathered just a few miles away. The protesters kept morning commuters in westbound lanes east of Treasure Island … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden affirmed the United States’ role as a “Pacific nation” Thursday, committing to providing stability and economic opportunity across the region and to working cooperatively with rival power China. “You can count on the United States,” Biden told at a gathering of corporate executives and world leaders at Moscone Center … Read more
US business titans including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and BlackRock Inc.’s Larry Fink are set to attend a dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, as he tries to woo foreign capital to the world’s second-largest economy. Blackstone Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman and Visa Inc. CEO Ryan McInerney will also join them … Read more
By DIDI TANG | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.” “We are ready to continue our cooperation with the United States on panda conservation, and do our best to meet … Read more
Hundreds of protesters waved signs and badgered men in suits headed toward an historic Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Wednesday in San Francisco that President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom will attend and that demonstrators argue will do more harm than good for working people. Police in riot gear pushed up against a crowd of … Read more
By HUIZHONG WU | Associated Press Ahead of the highly anticipated meeting on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Chinese state media have taken a new tone toward the U.S. with less negative coverage, calls for a return to warmer ties and stories of Americans with positive connections to the … Read more
Every American president in the globalized era has mismanaged the relationship with China. To his credit, President Biden has proven more adept than his predecessors at handling it, but he will have his hands full when he meets Xi Jinping today in San Francisco. Chinese leaders have been adroit at extracting economic concessions from the … Read more
Filoli, the grandest country estate in San Mateo County, always gets gussied up for holiday season visitors. This year, the arrivals start early. On Wednesday, the historic Woodside property will serve as the site for the historic meeting between President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping, who are in San Francisco this week for the … Read more