Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte officially inaugurated the Chancay megaport at an event in the Peruvian capital on Thursday. (AP video by Cesar Barreto)

By Eduardo Baptista, Marco Aquino and Lucinda Elliott LIMA (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lima on Thursday, kicking off a week-long diplomatic blitz in Latin America by inaugurating the massive Chancay deep-water port,

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrived in Peru Thursday for an Asia-Pacific summit where they will likely meet for the last time under a cloud

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Peru Thursday for an Asia-Pacific summit where he will meet US counterpart Joe Biden under the shadow of a looming trade war with the incoming Donald Trump administration.

President Biden is heading to South America Thursday with his first stop coming at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit where he'll meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday for a state visit to Peru and the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Lima for a state visit to Peru and the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting,

If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru on Thursday projecting confidence and pledging his successor’s cooperation with eager Latin American partners.

The Chinese leader is due to inaugurate a $1.3 billion megaport that is expected to become a hub for South America-Asia trade.