A tour of duty and delight for all
Updated: 2013-06-09 08:12
(China Daily)
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Over the past week President Xi Jinping has been visiting the Caribbean and Latin America before arriving in California. There has been much serious work done, but there has also been time to relax and enjoy the hospitality.
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Visit to Trinidad and Tobago Top: President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive in Trinidad and Tobago at the start of a seven-day visit to the Caribbean and Latin America on May 31. The following day Xi met the country's prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. He also met the president, Anthony Carmona. The two countries signed agreements covering economy, trade and education. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua Above: During his stay in the capital, Port of Spain, Xi met leaders from eight other Caribbean countries - the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Granada, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Antigua and Barbuda. President Xi and his wife posed with leaders of Caribbean countries in Port of Spain on June 2. Xi renewed China's efforts to support Caribbean nations' development by revisiting initiatives from the third China-Caribbean Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum in 2011. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua |
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Visit to the US Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Barack Obama at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, on June 7. Obama said he welcomes the "peaceful rise" of China and both countries want a cooperative relationship, as he and Xi kicked off two days of meetings. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters |
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Visit to Costa Rica President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived in Costa Rica on June 2 and met Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla on June 3. The two countries signed agreements on infrastructure, trade and investment. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua Above: Peng Liyuan with a patient in the National Children's Hospital of Costa Rica in San Jose. Top left: The couple receive a symbolic key to the city of San Jose from Mayor Johnny Araya on June 3. Xie Huanchi / Xinhua Left: Xi visits a rural family in Heredia, 10 km north of San Jose. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua |
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Visit to Mexico President Xi Jinping arrived in Mexico City on June 4 for a three-day visit to Mexico. Xi met Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. The two countries signed agreements covering energy, new-industry trade, infrastructure construction, mining, trade, education, banking and entrepreneurial exchanges. Rao Aimin / Xinhua Above: Xi and Pena Nieto with their wives at the Chichen Itza Mayan pyramid in Yucatan state. Below: President Xi delivers a speech at Mexico's Senate on June 5. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua |
(China Daily 06/09/2013 page4)