China’s Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin


              Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during his meeting with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Kazakhstan President press-service via AP)
            
              In this image taken from video, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives by plane in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Xi started his first foreign trip abroad Wednesday since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other leaders of a Central Asian security group. (Kaz Media via AP)