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President Xi Jingping joins thousands of other delegates for the opening of the annual National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament. In an opening report, the Chinese government said it would aim for economic growth of "around five percent" for the coming year -- one of its lowest in decades. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Bali, Indonesia, to attend the G20 leaders' summit where he will hold talks with US president Joe Biden, with rivalry between the world's top two economies intensifying sharply. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Athens for his three-day visit where he will meet Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis before heading to a BRICS summit in Brazil. Xi's visit comes on the heels of a four-day trip to Shanghai by new conservative PM Mitsotakis. IMAGES
The leader of Italy's Five Star Movement Luigi Di Maio arrives at presidential palace for a final round of consultations with the Italian president Sergio Mattarella. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Russia for a three-day state visit to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefitted from Moscow's isolation from the West. IMAGES of Jinping's arrival at Moscow airport Vnukovo 2