16 Sep 2022

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 16 September 2022
(181116) -- PORT MORESBY, Nov. 16, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping hosts a collective meeting with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, President Peter Christian of the Federated States of Micronesia, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi of Samoa, Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, Prime Minister Henry Puna of the Cook Islands, Prime Minister Samuela Akilisi Pohiva of Tonga, Niue Premier Toke Talagi and Fiji government representative, Defense Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, and delivers a keynote speech in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Nov. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) (gxn) (Photo by Xie Huanchi / XINHUA / Xinhua via AFP)

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The Chinese leader sets foot on foreign soil for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started with a trip to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Samarkand, Uzbekistan; North Korea forms closer ties with Russia, Pakistan takes stock after devas.ating flooding and Hong Kong, the former colonial outpost now back under China's control, mourns the Queen

Ed White is correspondent with the Financial Times in Seoul.