Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan disembark from their plane at Tarbes' airport at the start of their trip to visit the village of Bagnere-de-Bigorre and the adjacent Pyrenees ski resort of La Mongie as part of a two-day state visit to France, in Tarbes, south western France, on May 7, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron on May 7, 2024 is to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at one of his beloved childhood haunts in the Pyrenees mountains, seeking to press a message to Beijing not to support Russia's war against Ukraine and to accept fairer trade. (Photo by Ed JONES / POOL / AFP)