Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make rare state visits to Egypt and likely India before traveling to the U.S. for a meeting with President Donald Trump in late September. Xi has sharply curtailed foreign travel in recent years, making the upcoming schedule a gauge of Beijing’s priorities.
WHO:Xi Jinping; Gabriel Wildau (Teneo); Hai Zhao (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
WHAT:Xi Jinping’s upcoming state visits to Egypt and likely India ahead of a late-September trip to the U.S. for talks with Donald Trump
WHEN:Reported Aug 31, 2026 at 12:57 AM ET
WHERE:United States
WHY:The visits are scheduled ahead of Xi’s expected late-September meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, and the article frames the busy travel as a gauge of China’s priorities.
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