China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Cambodia on the last leg of his three-country tour of Southeast Asia, which has seen him double down on earlier calls to oppose hegemonism and resist protectionism in the face of rising trade frictions with the US.
In an unprecedented change to protocol, Xi was received personally at the airport by Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia. The two had previously met in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou in September 2023 for the opening of the Asian Games.
