Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a leaders’ dinner hosted by his South African counterpart on Tuesday after skipping an earlier scheduled appearance at a business forum. Xi arrived at the dinner along with the leaders of Brazil and India, and Russia’s foreign minister, who are all in Johannesburg for the annual BRICS summit of emerging market powers. Xi had earlier skipped a forum where he was scheduled to deliver a speech, sending Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao instead. The Chinese premier met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a state visit earlier Tuesday, and called on the two countries to ... (full story)