Macron meeting offers Xi chance to undercut U.S.-led pressure

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, inspects a honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, in Beijing on April 6. © Reuters

YUKIO TAJIMA and TAKASHI TSUJI, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/BRUSSELS -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting Thursday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron marked another step in Beijing's efforts to chip away at a U.S.-led containment campaign.

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