Xi: Like meeting an old friend for the first time

SEPANG, Oct 5 -- China's President Xi Jinping ends his three-day state visit to Malaysia. Xi and wife Peng Liyuan waving goodbye before boarding an aircraft at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport here today. The Chinese delegation departs for Bali, Indonesia for the 21st Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum leaders meeting. -- fotoBERNAMA (2013) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was hoping that he and China President Xi Jinping would hit it off in their first official meeting.

“Yi jian ru gu” (translated in Mandarin as the feeling of meeting an old friend in the first encounter) was what Xi told the Prime Minister to signify the kinship between them.