Hungary, Serbia to roll out red carpet for China's Xi 

FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on April 25, 2019, as part of the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. Xi will visit Hungary this week on his European tour. FILE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, center, adjusts an earphone as he attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 16, 2017. Xi will visit Serbia this week on his European tour.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries in the continent’s eastern half, a region that Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe.