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Guoanbu holds fire on Xi's possible attendance of APEC summit

The White House has confirmed that it is happy for Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the 30th APEC summit starting in San Francisco on 11 November. But in Beijing, his trip is not so certain and behind the scenes the Ministry of State Security has a say on the matter. [...]

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