Chinese President Xi Jinping is stepping up diplomatic engagement with key state visits and major international summits ahead of an expected meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Xi’s visit to Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, his planned state visit to Egypt and the possibility of attending the BRICS summit in India highlight Beijing’s growing diplomatic outreach. The developments also come as China navigates tensions with the United States, trade disputes, artificial intelligence competition, Russia’s war in Ukraine and growing concerns over global security.
A potential meeting between Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could further shape China-India relations, while Xi’s expected visit to Washington may place US-China relations, technology, AI, trade and global security at the center of international diplomacy.
How will China’s growing engagement with Egypt, India, Russia and other non-Western powers influence its relationship with the United States? And what could a Trump-Xi summit mean for the future of global politics, trade and technology?
Watch the full report for the latest developments in China’s global diplomacy and the shifting balance of world power.
