Chinese president’s visit to Croatia historic event: Croatian president (People’s Daily) Chinese President Hu Jintao’s upcoming visit to Croatia, the first by a Chinese head of state to the country, is a historic event, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic says. “I expect that this visit gives a new, significant impetus to strengthening bilateral relations, in the first place in the economic field, but not limited to this,” Mesic said in a written interview with Xinhua ahead of Hu’s … Slovenia, Croa