Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing to travel to Central Asia and meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in mid-September, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.Quoting "people familiar with the planning," the business daily reported that Xi may attend the Sept. 15-16 annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in person and meet with Putin there.The potential move was prompted by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan earlier this month, which was seen in Beijing as an escalation of Western pressure on China, …READ FULL ARTICLE
