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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Kazakhstan on first trip abroad since pandemic began

Bryan Wood

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on September 14, 2022, for a three-day visit to the Central Asian nation and neighbouring Uzbekistan. State news agency Xinhua said it was his first trip outside China in more than two and a half years.

Source: Reuters/Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Service
 

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