moscow to see his quote/unquote dear friend putin. so this kind of dynamic and priority really in a way underscores what david was saying, that despite their vastly different political and economic models, these countries, these leaders are indeed bonded over their shear desire or some would say grievances over the current global order led by the u.s. so the potential expansion of the grouping and the potential reduction on the reliance on u.s. dollars, it will all be beneficial to china at a time when tensions remain high between beijing and washington with a lot of talks about decoupling about china and the west and also beneficial to xi jinping as he further cements china s leadership position in this grouping. but remember, he also arrived in south africa at a time when the chinese economy is facing its strongest head winds in decades. he is facing a myriad of problems here at home. so he may be seeking potential new markets for china exports, but also he may face more con
report. chinese leader xi jinping in south africa seeking to bolster beijing s influence among developing nations. xi will attend a summit with leaders of the brics emerging economies. they canoaccount for more than 30 40% of the global population. steven jiang is live for us. could xi s trip impacts the already strained u.s./china tensions? reporter: well, danny, fact is this is only xi jinping s second international trip after the pandemic. first being back in march when he went to moscow to see his quote/unquote dear friend putin. so that dynamic and priority shows you where his foreign policy lies. but also the fact that this grouping, despite vastly different political and economic models, these leaders, they are bonded over their shear desire and some would say grievances against the u.s.-led global a order.