APEC and G20: How Xi is seizing the mome • Table.Briefings

In recent days, the Chinese state media used the traditional „family photo“ of the G20 countries with Xi Jinping in the middle and without POTUS Joe Biden. He was late for the meeting.

High-level bilateral talks between Xi and Western heads of government dominated the headlines at the APEC summit and the G20 meeting. However, the really important results for Beijing were achieved by China in the Global South. Xi presented himself as a stable trading partner.

With regard to China, high-level meetings dominated the coverage of the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, and the G20 meeting in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro: Chinese leader Xi Jinping held bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, among others. However, China achieved important results for Beijing elsewhere: On his trip to South America, Xi underscored his role as a self-proclaimed advocate of the Global South and as a stable trading partner in various ways.

APEC and G20: How Xi is seizing the moment for himself

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