TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is embarking on his first overseas tour of the year next week to Vietnam, then Malaysia and Cambodia, as he seeks to tighten economic relations in Southeast Asia at a time of broken trade ties with the U.S.
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President Xi Jinping is taking China's "neighborhood diplomacy" to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia in his first overseas trip this year. (Source photo by Yusuke Hinata)
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