Chinese President Xi Jinping’s return to Cairo comes as Egypt and China push their relationship beyond infrastructure and trade into technology, defence and a broader strategic partnership with regional implications.

Chinese president’s visit comes amid expanding Suez investment and joint air force exercises.

Egyptian and Chinese banks could be hit by Washington's boosted sanctions regime; Beijing seeking to prop up relations with US-friendly nations ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

Both China and Egypt support an independent Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution.