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Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend a major summit of Asian leaders in October, two people familiar with the matter said, dashing expectations of a potential meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the event.
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In Japan, from August 29–30, Modi will hold his first summit with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, where the two leaders will review the Special Strategic and Global Partnership covering defence, trade, technology, innovation, and people-to-people ties, along with regional and global issues.
Following his Japan visit, PM Modi will travel to China from August 31–September 1 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. On the sidelines of the Summit, the Prime Minister is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with several leaders participating in the SCO Summit.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged the European Union to make “the right strategic choice” and enhance cooperation with China, while EU leaders called for a rebalancing of trade ties, as the two sides tackle deep-seated grievances at a tense summit in Beijing.
Yet analysts say the Chinese leader is likely holding out for concrete deliverables before agreeing to the high-profile meeting. Trump dramatically escalated the trade war with the world's second-largest economy in April, rolling out sweeping new tariffs that prompted China to respond with its own export duties and other measures.
In other words, Xi’s iron grip on the military not only endures, it is also indicative of his obsession with breaking the PLA’s insularity and endemic corruption and ensuring that, should he need to bet the regime on the military’s prowess, it will not fail.