Chinas Xi visits Russia in first trip as president as Beijing seeks greater global role

In this March 16, 2013 photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping claps as he arrives at a plenary session of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, in China. Xi heads Friday, March 22, 2013, to Russia on his first foreign visit as president amid signs he is nudging the country toward a more muscular global stance in pursuit of economic resources and an Asian leadership role to challenge the U.S. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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