Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and his wife Peng Liyuan wave before their departure, at the Tarbes airport, southwestern 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 / AFP)