China's High Stakes Diplomacy: Selling AI and Smuggling Influence Chinese President Xi Jinping has embarked on his busiest overseas schedule in over seven years, a carefully crafted strategy to assert Beijing's influence on the global stage.
The trip is less about charm offensive than calculated maneuvering to counterbalance America's waning influence.
Xi's itinerary includes visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt, attendance at the BRICS summit in India, and a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington.