Peter Riley

#Ai trip 2026:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/tim-cook-musk-among-top-executives-accompanying-trump-to-china/106668584

2017 Boeing, General Electric, Goldman Sachs Trip
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/trump-xi-beijing-summit-must-confront-ai-cold-war/106666482

An earlier business trip:
54 years ago #Nixon / #Mao aka USA/China ie. Capitalism/State-Capitalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_visit_by_Richard_Nixon_to_China

#Billionaires #Capitalism #StateCapitalism

Apple's Tim Cook and Tesla's Elon Musk among top US CEOs to accompany Trump to China

According to a list shared by a White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, Elon Musk and Tim Cook will be accompanied by 15 other chief executive officers when Donald Trump visits China.

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(2) on Trump/Xi 2026
I remember the “kerfuffle” in 1972 when during War on Vietnam ‘Nixon the Crook’ met with ‘Mao the Cult’ and the fallout amongst authoritarian Left and Right alike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_visit_by_Richard_Nixon_to_China

Australian Labour Govt Opposition leader in 1971; as Prime Minister 1973 Whitlam began trade deals with China’s State Capitalists too

https://theconversation.com/50-years-after-gough-whitlam-established-diplomatic-relations-with-china-what-has-changed-195705

#Capitalism #stateCapitalism

1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China - Wikipedia