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China Touts Its Diplomatic Strength in Russia’s Backyard

Xi Jinping talked of closer economic and security ties in a summit with the leaders of Central Asia’s five former Soviet states

By Austin Ramzy

May 19, 2023 6:19 am ET

G-7 leaders laid wreaths and planted trees at the Hiroshima memorial for atomic bomb victims on Friday ahead of the G-7 summit in Japan. Photo: Jacques Witt/AFP/Getty Images

HONG KONG—Xi Jinping used a summit with the heads of five Central Asian nations to show off China’s growing stature in a region where Russia has long held sway, calling for deeper economic ties and warning against interference from outsiders, in an apparent warning to Washington.

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