LIVE updates: State visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping

MANILA, Philippines — Upon the invitation of President Rodrigo Duterte, Chinese President Xi Jinping will undertake a state visit to the Philippines from November 20 to 21.

This will be the first state visit of a Chinese leader to the country since former President Hu Jintao in 2005.

Xi's last visit to the Philippines was in November 2015 when he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Manila.

Prior to his trip to Manila, the Chinese leader also attended the APEC Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and paid a state visit to Brunei upon the invitation of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.

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