Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt in early September 2026 for his first visit to the Middle East in 10 years. The region has been transformed by ongoing conflict and renewed US economic sanctions against Iran.
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When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Cairo this week, he’ll find plenty has changed in Egypt and the region around it since his last trip to the Middle East’s most populous nation a decade ago.
The Chinese leader is coming back to a region convulsed by war and with U.S. economic weapons once again deployed against Tehran.