Others have been exposed by online activism and muck-raking, which makes it all the more intriguing that Xi, or his advisors, singled out Tencent for a visit during his Shenzhen sojourn.
"Xi's decision to make Moscow the destination of his first official visit as China's president will give the US a sharp reminder that it is not the only power able to flex its muscles, " the report, translated by BBC Monitoring, went on.