The Straits Times | 22 August 2025 — Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend a major summit of Asian leaders in October, two people familiar with the matter said, dashing expectations of a potential meeting with US President Donald Trump at the event.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had said in August that both Mr Xi and Mr Trump were expected to attend the Asean leaders’ summit on Oct 26 to 28 in Kuala Lumpur. That led analysts to speculate that Mr Trump and Mr Xi, locked in an uneasy trade truce, may have their first in-person encounter of Mr Trump’s second term.
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