China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend
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China experts say he would likely see the president-elect's invitation as too risky to accept.

Russel, now vice president for international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said Xi would not allow himself to “be reduced to the status of a mere guest celebrating the triumph of a foreign leader — the U.S. president, no less.”