publicly this visit is meant to "improve relations between the US and China", thats what has been said about this visit
what they are actually doing is probably similar to when Tucker went to Russia, thats what it felt like to me
you cant do what Speed is doing without approval from the CCP at every level
going places isnt the issue at all, even historic places, its filming any kind of "content"/product within China, and he wasnt just filming he was live streaming which has added risks
their worry is that a foreigner, like in the past, might lie about their intentions and fully intends to make China look bad in their final product
my guess is Speed is getting a big bag for this, i really dont care, hes a goofball, but i dont think you can deny the CCP is heavily involved in this
but thats just a guess, maybe its more of a "if you do X Y Z for us, we will allow your marketing to the Chinese people" or something