{"id":1015110,"date":"2021-11-15T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015110"},"modified":"2021-11-15T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:14:20","slug":"is-xi-jinping-worried-about-leaving-china-chinese-leader-set-to-meet-president-biden-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-xi-jinping-worried-about-leaving-china-chinese-leader-set-to-meet-president-biden-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Xi Jinping Worried About Leaving China? Chinese Leader Set To Meet President Biden Virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-xi-jinping-worried-about-leaving-china-chinese-leader-set-to-meet-president-biden-virtually%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden is set to meet virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday evening. It is the third major international meeting Xi has declined to attend in-person and the 667th day since Xi last traveled outside of China.<\/p>\n<p>Xi has nominally remained inside China\u2019s borders in keeping with the country\u2019s drastic efforts to eliminate COVID-19. Nevertheless, Chinese relations with the world&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-09\/xi-jinping-hasn-t-set-foot-outside-china-for-600-days?sref=P6xXtEaF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appear to be taking a hit<\/a>&nbsp;in his absence, with the country losing much of the diplomatic ground it may have gained under former President Donald Trump\u2019s hands-off approach to global politics. Xi has attempted to pick up the slack by holding a plethora of calls with world leaders, including Angela Merkel of Germany, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Emmanuel Macron of France and Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Xi may fear the optics of traveling internationally on a regular basis even as Chinese citizens face harsh crackdowns for small outbreaks. Beijing itself has also been off-limits for even the most senior foreign envoys since the pandemic began, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-09\/xi-jinping-hasn-t-set-foot-outside-china-for-600-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Bloomberg News<\/a>. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met with Chinese officials in Tianjin, a smaller city outside the capital.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7188159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7188159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands with President Joe Biden on Dec. 4, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But while COVID-19 optics present a plausible reason for Xi\u2019s stagnancy, some have suggested the true reason is ongoing political unrest within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While Xi removed the two-term limit on Chinese leaders, he still&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/08\/xi-jinping-begins-plot-to-extend-his-reign-infinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">needs the support of the CCP<\/a>&nbsp;to be re-upped for leadership every five years. He is next due for approval in October 2022, placing him in the opening days of what Americans might call an election season.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/04\/joe-biden-katherine-tai-phase-one-trade-agreement-china-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Administration Announces Changes To Get China To Comply With Trump-Era Trade Agreement)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Evidence of unrest within the CCP has come in trickles but is mounting. In October, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/cuba-signs-belt-road-initiative-china-xi-jinping-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xi\u2019s administration<\/a> announced an investigation against Fu Zhenghua, a top-level CCP official who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/04\/china\/china-fu-zhenghua-downfall-mic-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for years was seen as one of Xi\u2019s closest allies<\/a>. Fu led the country\u2019s justice ministry and served as deputy police chief for several years under Xi\u2019s leadership, going so far as to remove one of Xi\u2019s top political opponents in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been rumblings of a foiled plot against Xi by CCP members in October. Two articles published to non-state run outlets NetEase and Sohu reported that there had been an attempted plot to move against Xi during a scheduled visit to Nanjing. The articles were removed from the sites within 24 hours. The alleged effort was reportedly financed by the estate of a billionaire the CCP had executed for bribery in January, Lai Xiaomin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/asia\/purges-a-plot-and-the-real-reason-why-xi-jinping-might-be-afraid-to-leave-china-20211018-p590x4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems very credible because the two media outlets \u2013 NetEase and Sohu.com \u2013 are not party mouthpieces, but I would describe them as semi-official,\u201d Dr. Willy Wo-Lap Lam, an expert in elite Chinese politics at the University of Hong Kong, told the Herald. \u201cThey are widely read and have been tolerated by the Propaganda Department for at least 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports of unrest within China\u2019s leadership paint Xi\u2019s refusal to leave the country in a different light. Biden is likely to focus on climate change during his Monday evening meeting with Xi. It remains the Biden administration\u2019s official position that China is carrying out a genocide against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is set to meet virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday evening. 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