CHINESE VICE-PRESIDENT Xi Jinping’s visit to Ireland is a major event in this country’s international agenda and provides a real opportunity to deepen relations with the emerging world power. Mr Xi will later this year become the principal leader of his country as a new generation takes control. His decision to come to Ireland following his trip to the United States is deeply significant, since this is the only European Union state he is visiting before going on to Turkey. He tells this newspaper today how he values Chinese-Irish links, stresses the strategic importance of the EU for China and explains the problems his country faces.
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