WATCH: Banner at APEC Summit venue has a special message for Xi Jinping

As Xi Jinping arrived in San Francisco for his meeting with Joe Biden (US time) as part of the APEC Summit, a banner at the venue had a special message for the Chinese President which read: ‘End CCP, Free China, Free HK, Free Tibet, Free Uyghur’. In a video post shared on X, a plane can be seen circling over the Moscone Center, where this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is being held, with a message reading: “End CCP, Free China, Free HK, Free Tibet, Free Uyghur.” “Nov 14th, the day Xi Jinping is supposed to arrives in San Francisco United States, In the sky above APEC venue floated a banner that read " End CCP, Free China, Free HK, Free Tibet, Free Uyghur,” the user wrote on X.

Xi is due to meet Biden on Wednesday morning (US time), before attending the annual summit of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping. This is Xi’s third stop outside China this year, after trips to Russia and South Africa where his government has less tumultuous ties. The US visit — his most high-profile act of foreign diplomacy in 2023 — presents a tougher climate, with bipartisan criticism of Beijing’s trade, human rights and national security policies. Reflecting how Xi’s presence in America was dividing local Chinese communities, a large crowd gathered outside the downtown hotel where the Asian leader was expected to stay, with protesters and CCP supporters blaring patriotic music both held back behind metal barriers. While welcome crowds were the larger bloc, the opposition group was at times hard to miss. A handful of anti-Communist Party protesters had gathered on the streets early Tuesday. One Chinese woman held a placard that asked Shanghai authorities to return her “husband’s life,” without explanation, while another man held a sign that said “China has concentration camps.” Some 1,000 people are expected to converge on the Moscone Center as Biden and Xi sit down for the first time in a year on Wednesday. With inputs from agencies