Chinese President Xi Jinping has shown a new style of diplomatic jawboning to Asian neighbors by making two separate single-country visits to South Korea and Mongolia in the past two months, a state-run Chinese newspaper said Wednesday, describing such visits as "pinpoint-style" diplomacy.
Xi paid a two-day state visit to South Korea in early July, breaking a long-standing tradition by Chinese heads of state of visiting North Korea before Seoul. Xi also visited Mongolia for two days last week, becoming the first Chinese president to visit the country in more than a decade.