Xi holds further talks as Apec meeting continues
President Xi Jinping on Thursday lined up talks with Japanese leader Fumio Kishida, held discussions with his counterparts from Mexico and Peru and had another short encounter with Joe Biden as the Apec meeting in San Francisco continued. The Japanese government announced that Xi and Kishida would hold bilateral talks on Thursday evening local time (Friday morning in Hong Kong).  The meeting will be their first bilateral since Beijing imposed a ban on Tokyo's seafood following its discharge of wastewater from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. Trade and business issues, as well as the conflict in Gaza, are expected to be on agenda.  Xinhua reported that Xi held bilateral meetings with the Mexican leader, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, discussing issues including the Belt and Road Initiative. And, a day after their landmark meeting, Xi again briefly met Biden, with the two sharing a handshake at an informal dialogue session for leaders and representatives. Xi was accompanied by Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he entered the venue. The head of Hong Kong's delegation, Financial Secretary Paul Chan, shook hands with Wang before taking his seat and nodding to Xi, who was sitting next to him. Xi started a conversation with Chan, and they talked for a few minutes. Earlier, the heads of delegation posed for a "family photo", with all 24 representatives dressed in suits and standing in two rows. Xi was in the front row, standing next to Kishida and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.