In Serbia, Xi emphasizes close ties with an ally who shares mistrust of the United States
China and Serbia proclaimed an "iron friendship" and "shared future" during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Belgrade on Wednesday, underscoring the close political and economic ties between two countries that share mistrust of the United States.Mr Xi arrived in Serbia on Tuesday, marking the 25th anniversary of a 1999 plane crash involving the US Air Force during the Kosovo war and destroying the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. Three Chinese journalists were killed in the strike.On Wednesday morning, Xi appeared briefly with the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, before a cheering crowd of people, some of whom told Serbian media they had been bused in by the ruling party, gathered outside the Palace of Serbia, the former headquarters of the now defunct gove...