Chinese leader Xi Jinping is setting off on what’s shaping up as his busiest travel schedule in more than seven years, partly in a bid to convince nations that Beijing offers better global leadership than the US.
This month, Xi is visiting Kyrgyzstan and Egypt, and is widely expected to attend a BRICS summit hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. When those visits are done, he’s set for a late September stop in Washington, where he’ll meet President Donald Trump in a bid to keep the two nations’ trade truce in place.
