The Lowy Institute released (July 28) a report stating that more world leaders have visited China as compared to the US in the decade 2010-2019. It said a sharp turnaround was noticed from 2013 after China's economy picked up. The Lowy Institute listed the countries whose leaders made the most visits to the US and China, 2010–19:
| United States | Visits | China | Visits |
| Israel |
18 |
Cambodia |
23 |
| Japan |
15 |
Pakistan |
21 |
| Jordan |
14 |
Laos |
18 |
| Italy |
13 |
Russia |
17 |
| Canada |
12 |
Kazakhstan |
16 |
| France, Ireland |
10 |
North Korea |
15 |
| Australia, South Korea, UK |
9 |
Kyrgyzstan |
14 |
| Germany, Mexico |
8 |
Mongolia, Myanmar, South Korea, Vietnam |
13 |
| China, India, Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore, Turkey, Ukraine |
7 |
Germany, Singapore |
12 |
| Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Iraq, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Spain |
6 |
Sri Lanka, Tajikistan |
11 |
| Afghanistan, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Vietnam |
5 |
France, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand |
10 |
| Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Tunisia |
4 |
India, Uzbekistan |
9 |
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