SAN FRANCISCO—Free hotel, free flight, free food. The Chinese Consulate hasn’t been tightfisted when it comes to its communist leader’s first visit to the United States in six years. Greeters for Xi Jinping’s arrival in San Francisco pocketed as much as $200 along with an all-expense-covered trip that brought some of them from the other side of the coast, according to some participants, observers, and screenshots of social media conversations leading up to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Many pro-Beijing protesters donned red caps or uniforms while waving red flags, saturating the blockaded streets with the color closely associated with communism. At least one person—a woman donning a black dress who was eating a boxed lunch while standing with her back against a building wall—was carrying a red tote bag, which suggests that she has ties to the Chinese Consulate in New York, according to a dissident who had trailed them....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/chinese-consulate-pays-protesters-to-welcome-communist-leader-in-san-francisco-5530214
A House chairman has asked U.S. organizers to provide a list of executives who will pay $40,000 to dine with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his visit to the United States. In letters dated Nov. 13 to the leaders of two American business associations, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), criticized American business executives for paying thousands of dollars to have dinner with CCP officials involved in human rights abuses. “It is unconscionable that American companies might pay thousands of dollars to join a ‘welcome dinner’ hosted by the very same CCP officials who have facilitated a genocide against millions of innocent men, women, and children in Xinjiang,” Mr. Gallagher said.... 
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) is seeking information from the U.S. Army on fortifying land-based missile defense capabilities in Guam given its “strategic importance,” which remains “highly vulnerable” amid escalating Chinese military aggression. Mr. Gallagher, who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), sent a letter to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, pointing out that the United States has “significant gaps” in capabilities in defending Guam against China’s cruise missiles. Mr. Gallagher underscores Guam’s military significance, saying the small tropical island “plays an essential role” in defending U.S. interests in the Western Pacific region and its allies....