Why Xi got agitated during talks with Trump: Inside the ‘most heated’ moment of summit in China

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Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly launched a sharp criticism of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over Japan’s growing military posture during his recent summit with US President Donald Trump in Beijing, according to the Financial Times. The report said Xi became visibly vocal and agitated while discussing Japan’s defence expansion, catching US officials off guard as Tokyo had not been a central topic in pre-summit discussions. Sources cited by the newspaper described the exchange as the most heated moment of the two-day summit. Japan’s military expansion under scrutiny The discussion reportedly centred around Japan’s evolving security strategy under Takaichi, who…

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