40 thousand dollars to sit with the "emperor", American billionaires "in fever" for the meeting with Xi Jinping, the media reveal "the surprise, here is the unexpected move that the Chinese president can make

Xi Jinping is going to America, for the third time as absolute leader of China. On the eve of the San Francisco summit, he and Joe Biden will sit opposite each other, in a meeting of extraordinary importance. As "BBC" writes, "neither of the two sides expects any turning point that could constitute a restoration of relations, it will simply be a matter of managing and stabilizing relations." Xi, writes Xinhua, "returns to the US in search of of the road to strained relations between the world's two major economies". Chinese and American leaders have expressed interest in strengthening ties between their economies, the world's two largest, which remain inextricably linked through trade. The Biden administration has sent several senior officials to China this year to make clear that while the United States wants to protect national security, it is not seeking to cut economic ties with Beijing. And in fact, the New York Times reveals that the Chinese president , after the bilateral meeting with Biden, is also planning a private dinner with American entrepreneurs. However, it will not be such an ordinary meeting, like his entire visit.

Dinner with Xi Jinping

An exclusive dinner, where for $40,000 you can have eight reserved seats plus one at the "emperor's" table, with tickets starting at $2,000 each. However, Xi's presence is shrouded in mystery: the high-profile event will be attended by CEOs of the largest national industries doing business in Asia: from IT to energy and pharmaceutical companies. A "senior Chinese official and his ministerial delegation" is expected at the dinner, and since 2+2 must equal 4, the American press has reason to believe it is indeed Xi Jinping, given the value of a seat at the table. Moreover, according to what is indicated on the dinner invitation card, the prestigious guest will make an important speech: which vassal of the Beijing Politburo can ever have so much fame as to delight his guests and, in at the same time, be able to afford a speech that can go down in history?

Speech engima

The American press is now trying to imagine, feverishly awaiting the face-to-face meeting, what the content of the speech might be. Given the precedents and the good intentions, at least as stated publicly, a new phase in the relations between the two states can be announced: not a restart, or a softening, but a cooperation dictated by mutual interest that can bring together the Silk Road and the "foreign policy for the middle class," announced by Jake Sullivan last May. American companies, in fact, have emerged "with broken bones" from the Communist Party's tightening of market rules and new anti-espionage regulations. A change of pace that was accompanied by a media frenzy about alleged American efforts to steal information from the enemy to gain industrial competitiveness in key sectors. The gala dinner, with Xi Jinping, may be the best way to talk to American industry and its barons.

Diplomacy of businessmen

In the evaluations of these hours, we must not forget that those who the Gilded Age described as "robber barons" carry out a diplomacy almost parallel to that of Washington. At the end of last spring, a number of high-tech industry leaders had paraded in Beijing with all-star honors: for example, remember the harmony between the Chinese leader and Bill Gates, welcomed with the red carpet and the highest honors theirs. Before him, colleagues Tim Cook and Elon Musk went to Beijing, as if to "disappear", the rift in technological diplomacy between Washington and the Celestial Empire. As Washington flirts with India and works side-by-side with Japan, tech leaders are working to ensure semiconductor blocks don't destroy exports to what remains the United States' third-largest trading partner. And they can succeed.