Xi will miss Brics in Rio as Li leads China delegation: sources
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend next week’s Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Post learned from multiple sources on Tuesday.
According to officials familiar with the matter, Beijing told the Brazilian government that Xi had a scheduling conflict. Instead, Premier Li Qiang is expected to lead the Chinese delegation, as he did at the G20 summit in India in 2023.
Chinese involved in preparations, they said, cited Xi’s having met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
