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Syria’s Assad in China, Seeks Exit From Diplomatic Isolation

BEIJING – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, his first visit to China since 2004 and his latest bid to end more than a decade of diplomatic isolation under Western sanctions.

Assad arrived aboard an Air China plane in heavy fog, which Chinese state media said ‘added to the atmosphere of mystery,’ a nod to the Syrian leader’s infrequent trips abroad since 2011, when a