Unfriended? Mark Zuckerberg ‘was snubbed’ when he asked President Xi to choose honorary Chinese name for his unborn baby girl at White House state dinner
By KHALEDA RAHMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to forge a friendship with China’s President Xi Jinping appears to have backfired.
The leader reportedly snubbed the Facebook founder’s request to choose an honorary Chinese name for his unborn baby girl with wife Priscilla Chan.
Zuckerberg, who is trying to lift China’s ban on Facebook, met Xi a number of times during his visit to the United States last month.
But it was at a spectacular White House state dinner hosted by President Barack and Michelle Obama in Xi’s honor on September 25 that Zuckerberg was brave enough to ask for the personal favor.
Seated at the head table with his pregnant wife, the Obamas and President Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan, Zuckerberg plucked up the courage to ask Xi to name his baby daughter – in Mandarin.
But a source told PageSix that he received a definitive ‘no’ from a stony-faced Xi.