> “When I first met President Xi Jinping, I was attracted to him because President Xi is one of the few outstanding leaders who talks about civilisation. In a sense, he is unique,” he was quoted as saying.
But last year we had a headline like "Malaysia rejects new China map claiming entire South China Sea":
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/31/malaysia-rejects-ne...
Curious to see how the ocean dispute will play into this.