Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Jets to Beijing to Meet Top CCP Official Just 3 Days After Mitch McConnell’s Cardiac Arrest Hospitalization – China Ties Under Fire Again

Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao flew to Beijing on June 17, 2026, for a cozy meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, just three days after her husband, Senator Mitch McConnell, was rushed to the hospital following a reported cardiac arrest at their Washington, D.C. home. Emergency dispatch audio obtained by multiple outlets captured the chaos on June 14: paramedics responded to a “cardiac arrest” call at McConnell’s Capitol Hill residence, with reports of CPR in progress and t