Chinese leader Xi Jinping is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.”

On Monday, he was welcomed to Hanoi with pomp and ceremony by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong.

He arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, later Tuesday, for a three-day visit and will end his tour with a stop in Cambodia.

  • johncandy1812@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    16 days ago

    Man, it would be really cool if we could just take them at their word. Unfortunately that’s not the world we live in.

    • zenpocalypse@lemm.eeEnglish
      91·
      17 days ago

      It’s not, but the world we live in now also means countries can’t take the US at their word.

      This opportunity to look good was handed to China on a silver platter.

      • johncandy1812@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        17 days ago

        China’s getting a bit aggressive though atm. Not as bas as the US, but still not exactly ‘free’ for the countries involved.