San Francisco has the honour to host many planet personalities, including dignitaries and participants of the Asia-Pacific economical Community Summit (APEC). This is the most crucial gathering of leaders in the planet in this city since the Conference on the Establishment of the United Nations, held in 1945. Among those present were the president of the mediate State, Xi Jinping.
A gathering of leaders from the Asia-Pacific region gave emergence to a run to embellish San Francisco streets. In addition to cleaning, the city took action against the homeless, removing their camps close the summit site. Additionally, thousands of uniformed officers were called in to oversee the area around the Moscone Center. It was there that planet leaders, including U.S. president Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, had the chance to meet.
Although San Francisco made the decision to remove homeless people from the summit area, they could inactive be seen in the area the day before Biden and Xi Jinping's meeting. This gathering aimed to discuss various topics ranging from management of artificial intelligence to tensions concerning Taiwan.
China takes advantage of the situation
Statistics on homelessness and drugs
According to authoritative figures, in 2022 the number of homeless people in San Francisco was around 7,750, of which 57% lived outside officially approved shelters.
The drug problem besides affects this area. In the UN Plaza building in San Francisco, which is about 1.6 km from the Moscone Center, more reported overdose cases have been reported annually from 2018 to 2020 than at any another location in the city.
For these reasons, downtown San Francisco became the mark of criticism from American media representing right-wing views. Homelessness and the usage of illegal drugs are presented as the negative effects of a liberal policy in this city, which is under the control of the Democrats.
🇨🇳🇺🇸Xi Jinping arrived in the USA for the APEC 2023 summary
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