China focuses on Europe, Southeast Asia with top-level visits

Two regions key to Beijing's diplomatic agenda against pressure from the U.S.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron this May in Paris, where Xi called for a multipolar world not dominated by the U.S. © Reuters

YUKIO TAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- European and Southeast Asian countries have accounted for nearly half of diplomatic trips by key Chinese officials since the end of pandemic-era travel restrictions, a Nikkei analysis shows, underscoring the importance of the two regions to Beijing's diplomatic ambitions.

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