JF Di Meglio: "Xi Jinping intends to remain the core of the Chinese system and not at the periphery"

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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By: Charlotte Derouin

The Chinese president remains in his health bubble.

Xi Jinping did not make the trip this weekend to Rome for the G20 summit, simply intervening by videoconference.

He will also not be at COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

For 21 months and the start of the Covid crisis, he has not left China.

Decryption with Jean-François Di Meglio, President of the Asia Center Research Institute and of the Asia Trends Publication, is RFI's international guest. 

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