{"id":89783,"date":"2023-09-09T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=89783"},"modified":"2023-09-09T17:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:28:58","slug":"china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beijing, Aug 18 (AFP\/APP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to South Africa next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, while confirming the president will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Africa has emerged as a renewed diplomatic battleground, with the West, Russia and China vying for influence amid heightened competition for minerals and international divisions fostered by the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“At the invitation of President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in an online statement.<\/p>\n

This will be Xi’s second international trip of 2023, after paying an official state visit to Russia in March.<\/p>\n

The heads of Brazil, China, India and South Africa plus Russia’s top diplomat will gather on August 22-24 under the theme “BRICS and Africa”, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beijing, Aug 18 (AFP\/APP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to South Africa next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, while confirming the president will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. Africa has emerged as a renewed diplomatic battleground, with the West, […]<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":89784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17784,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china-news","category-latest-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\nChina says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tuba Zafar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tuba Zafar\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff\"},\"headline\":\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-09T14:00:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"China News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/\",\"name\":\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-09T14:00:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"description\":\"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"width\":431,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Pakistan News International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff\",\"name\":\"Tuba Zafar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tuba Zafar\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/pni.net.pk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/tuba\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","description":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","twitter_description":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","twitter_image":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tuba Zafar","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/"},"author":{"name":"Tuba Zafar","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff"},"headline":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","datePublished":"2023-09-09T14:00:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/"},"wordCount":184,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg","articleSection":["China News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/","name":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-09T14:00:35+00:00","description":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PNI-Temp-Red-Eng-103.jpg","width":660,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/china-news\/china-says-xi-to-pay-state-visit-to-s-africa-attend-brics-summit-next-week\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","name":"Pakistan News International","description":"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization","name":"Pakistan News International","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","width":431,"height":121,"caption":"Pakistan News International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff","name":"Tuba Zafar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tuba Zafar"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/pni.net.pk"],"url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/tuba\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89785,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89783\/revisions\/89785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}