Gavin Newsom’s not-so-excellent Chinese adventure

Published October 29, 2023 3:00pm ET



It is hard to pick the most cringe-inducing moment of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) vanity trip to China, but the best candidate may be when he sat behind the wheel of an electric SUV manufactured by BYD Company, a corporation that has direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party and received billions of dollars in subsidies from the Chinese government.

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