BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China has fully reopened the only road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after it was torn apart by catastrophic flooding, allowing heavy machinery to reach the core disaster zone for the first time.

On the surface, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt this week is a run-of-the-mill opportunity for two countries to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties.But there is deep subtext to the meeting between Xi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi: China,