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Chinese Vice President Arrives in Burma

   Officials  say  Chinese  Vice President Xi Jinping arrived under tight
   security  in Burma Saturday for an official overnight visit as part of
   a four-nation tour.

   VOA News 19 December 2009
   Chinese  Vice  President  Xi  Jinping, left, shakes hands with Rangoon
   Mayor  Aung  Thein  Linn upon arrival at Rangoon International Airport
   Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 for an official visit to Burma, his third stop
   on a four-nation Asian tour.

Photo: AP

   Chinese  Vice President Xi Jinping (l) shakes hands with Rangoon Mayor
   Aung  Thein  Linn upon arrival at Rangoon International Airport for an
   official  visit  to Burma, his third stop on a four-nation Asian tour,
   19 Dec 2009

   Officials  say  Chinese  Vice President Xi Jinping arrived under tight
   security  in Burma Saturday for an official overnight visit as part of
   a four-nation tour.
   The  officials  said  Xi  will meet top leaders, including head of the
   military government Senior General Than Shwe, before he departs Sunday
   for Cambodia.
   The  officials  said  the  two are expected to sign several agreements
   during the visits, although they could provide no details.
   While  in  the  main  city  of Rangoon, Xi is scheduled to visit a gem
   emporium  and  the  sacred  Shwe  Dagon  pagoda,  before flying to the
   administrative capital of Naypyidaw Saturday evening.
   Xi's  Asian  tour  has  already  taken  him  to Japan and South Korea.
   Cambodia will be his last stop.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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