San Francisco‘s embattled mayor, London Breed, is headed to China next month on an eight-day, five-city swing to promote tourism and strengthen relations between the two countries on trade and development.
Her trip comes on the heels of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last year, when China’s President Xi Jinping visited San Francisco and met the mayor. At the time, she called on Xi to work with U.S. officials on stopping the flow of fentanyl, a cheap synthetic street drug that has fueled a surge of overdose deaths in the city.
Following APEC, Beijing has repeatedly touted its “San Francisco Vision,” a not-so-veiled warning to America not to rock the boat after years of frosty ties. APEC was seen as somewhat of a reset though tensions between the two…
