China’s President Xi kicks off third term with flurry of diplomatic activity


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BEIJING – China will host a flurry of top foreign leaders this week, as President Xi Jinping kicks off a third term during which he’s vowed to increase his nation’s global influence. Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong will arrive in China on Sunday for a four-day trip. He will become the first foreign leader to meet Xi since the Chinese president removed rivals and installed loyalists at a leadership reshuffle earlier this month. Xi and his top officials are then expected to hold talks in the capital with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and...