Syrian regime leader Assad lands in China - analysis
Assad was last in China in 2004, when he was much younger and the country was then on a trajectory trying to become more pro-western.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Turkey's Halk TV in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on October 4, 2013.(photo credit: REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
