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Chinese leader visits Italy, France as Rome joins 'Silk Road'
By EUobserver
Chinese president Xi Jinping will visit Italy, Monaco and France this week as Rome plans to join China's global Belt and Road trade infrastructure investment programme, despite reservations in other European countries. In preparation for an EU-China summit in April EU leaders will discuss a new 10-point strategy towards China at an EU summit this week aiming to protect Europe better in trade relations with China.