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Apple's Tim Cook was among Chinese President Xi's dinner guests
- spacedcowboy 3y agoI can’t tell whether this was “written” by ChatGPT, or if the editing is just atrocious… ‘Bloomberg says that guests presenter were kept away from President Xi, by bodyguards who sat near him. Reportedly, the guests were served "a menu of seasonal vegetables in a champagne vinaigrette, black Angus flat iron steak and vanilla custard tart, from approaching him."’ What ? In any event, “leader of company with a significant impact on country’s economy has dinner with country’s leader” seems like a nothingburger …
- lsllc 3y agoThere's also the fact Apple is being asked by US lawmakers worried that "coercive tactics of a foreign power" led to political TV show’s end: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/15/jon-stewart-apple-show-cancelled-china https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/15/jon-ste... So you'd think it might be a good time to take a raincheck on dinner with Xi.
- krustyburger 3y agoSome people secrete vanilla custard tart when approached.