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Hangzhou, China — China’s Xi Jinping will attend the Asian Games opening ceremony in host city Hangzhou and meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad along with other visiting leaders there, state media said Thursday. President Xi “will attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou from September 22 to 23, and hold a welcome banquet and bilateral activities for foreign leaders visiting China”, state broadcaster CCTV said. ADVERTISEMENT Foreign guests in attendance will include Assad — on his first visit to China since war erupted in Syria in 2011 — as well as leaders from ally Cambodia, Kuwait,...
