PHOTO COLLECTION: Chinese President Xi Jinping in Southeast Asia

Chineses people wait to welcome their President Xi Jingping’s arrival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Chineses people wait to welcome their President Xi Jingping’s arrival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, right, and Chinese President Xi Jingping attend a welcome ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects honor guards during the official welcoming ceremony at the national palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shake hand after witnessing Exchange of Agreement session between the two countries at the official residence of the prime minister in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday April 16, 2025. (Fazry Ismail/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Malaysiass Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim look on before the witnessing Exchange of Agreement session at the official residence of the Malaysian prime minister in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday April 16, 2025. (Fazry Ismail/Pool Photo via AP)

Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, right, walk with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during official welcoming ceremony at the national palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)

CORRECTS DATE - In this photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Department of Information, Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim, right, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping after the welcoming ceremony at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Azali Ariffin/ Malaysia’s Department of Information via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre right, and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, centre left, react as they look at a performance by children, before dinner at the official residence of the Malaysian prime minister in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday April 16, 2025. (Fazry Ismail/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he boards his plane for departure at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, hugs Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh as he leaves to board his plane for departure at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping boards his plane for departure at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, leaves to board his plane for departure at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool

Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Vietnamese President Luong Cuong at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, walks with Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, right, as he lays a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum during his visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Honor guards stand next to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum as Chinese President Xi Jinping participates in a wreath laying ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on as he lays a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum during his visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures during his two-day state visit, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday April 14, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday April 14, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man during a two-day state visit, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday April 14, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, center-left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre right, walk to the meeting room at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool)

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, center-right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool)

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool)

Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, right, and China’s President Xi Jinping, left, leave after their meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, second right, and China’s President Xi Jinping, right, view copies of agreements signed between China and Vietnam following their meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, walk during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam, second left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, pose for a photo with children during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam, center, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, review the guard of honor at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, walk during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, review the guard of honor at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP)

People wave Chinese flags as the plane carrying Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks with Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong on his arrival at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 14, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives for a two-day state visit, at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, Vietnam, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)