Anonymous ID: 198c49 Oct. 31, 2021, 8:29 a.m. No.14893061   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>3075 >>3485

Xi Hasn’t Left China in 21 Months. Covid May Be Only Part of the Reason.

 

When the presidents and prime ministers of the Group of 20 nations meet in Rome this weekend, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, won’t be among them. Nor is he expected at the climate talks next week in Glasgow, where China’s commitment to curbing carbon emissions is seen as crucial to helping blunt the dire consequences of climate change. He has yet to meet President Biden in person and seems unlikely to any time soon.

 

Mr. Xi has not left China in 21 months — and counting.

 

China, under Mr. Xi, no longer feels compelled to cooperate — or at least be seen as cooperating — with the United States and its allies on anything other than its own terms.

 

Chinese leaders have long made a selling point of their busy schedule of trips abroad, especially their willingness to visit poorer countries. Before Covid, Mr. Xi became the first to outpace his American counterpart in the annual average number of visits to foreign countries, according to research by Mr. Thomas.

 

https://dnyuz.com/2021/10/30/xi-hasnt-left-china-in-21-months-covid-may-be-only-part-of-the-reason/