Chinese President Xi Jinping met Malaysia's leader on Friday as part of a Southeast Asia charm offensive ahead of key regional summits, with analysts saying he "had the floor to himself" after Barack Obama scrapped his Asia tour.
Xi's visit to Malaysia and an earlier stop in Indonesia have taken on added significance with the White House's announcement that the US president had cancelled plans to visit the region to focus on a budget impasse in Washington.
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