KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Malaysia's king on Wednesday (Apr 16) in a state visit analysts said was aimed at burnishing Beijing's credentials as a reliable partner and "not a hegemon". Xi embarked this week on a Southeast Asia tour that has already taken him to Vietnam and will also include Cambodia, with Beijing trying to position itself as a stable alternative to US President Donald Trump's punitive tariff regime. Xi was welcomed by Malaysia's king, Sultan Ibrahim, in

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