Meet Chinese leader on border (8)
I believe the answer is:
converge
'meet' is the definition.
(I know that converge is a more specific form of meet)
'chinese leader on border' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
'border' becomes 'verge' (verge is a kind of border).
The first letter of 'chinese' is 'c'.
'c'+'on'+'verge'='CONVERGE'
(Other definitions for converge that I've seen before include "Move or draw together into one place" , "tend to get together" , "Tend to meet at a point" , "fuse" , "Approach a single point" .)