Maximo Kirchner's agenda is intense, as he pretends his messages to be. And in that sense he differs without nuances from Sergio Massa who seeks support in China while claiming to have the backing of the White House, in the negotiation with the IMF, balancing between the two powers.
Invited by the University of Fundan during a lunch, Máximo Kirchner was direct and launched: "I emphasize the collaborative nature of the relationship where aid is made without exerting any type of pressure", in obvious allusion to the United States.
Of course, the head of the Buenos Aires PJ had the subtlety of not mentioning the IMF or Washington.
And in this way he referred to the conditions that the Fund negotiates with Argentina.
Shanghai-based Fundan University honored Nestor Kirchner with an honorary doctorate at a special ceremony in 2004.
Kirchner stressed at the university that "although economic and commercial growth is very remarkable, it is admirable what China did in terms of education and how it incorporates more and more young people into the education system."
He was accompanied by Cecilia Moreau, president of the Chamber of Deputies; and the deputies, Tania Bertoldi, Diego Sartori, and Paula Penacca. Also, Rodrigo Rodríguez, his spokesman and authority of the lower house.
The 46-year-old MP repeated the criticism of the United States, without mentioning it, at the meeting with the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
"Other countries may be upset, but we continue to maintain and deepen bilateral relations," he said.
In the evening, Kirchner attended a meal hosted by Chinese telecommunications leader Huawei. Massa preferred to stay at the banquet offered by the colossus Tsingsham who announced investments in the lithium industry for US $ 800 million. A way to make a difference given that the US follows that relationship very closely in its competition for 5G in the country.
Argentina is in the process of adopting this technology. And the U.S. wants to prevent Huawei from being elected by citing security concerns over defense issues. He even stopped it in several countries.
Huawei was born in 1987 and became a strong global supplier, with 207,000 employees and operating in 170 countries including Argentina.
The body that regulates this sector, Enacom, is controlled by Claudio Ambrosini, a bishop of Massa.
Today Maximo Kirchner will go to Beijing with the entire entourage in the brand new presidential plane. There he will meet with the top leaders of the People's Assembly, one of the decision-making bodies that is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party. And a meeting with one of the seven most important leaders of the Chinese CP is planned. In what is also read as a gesture from China.