Xi will be China's first head of state to attend Davos forum

Beijing

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping this month will become the first Chinese head of state to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, as the foreign ministry yesterday confirmed his widely-expected attendance at the annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.

This year's forum is expected to be dominated by debate over public anger with globalisation and the coming presidency of Mr Donald Trump, who won the White House in part with promises to pull the United States out of international tra…