Shortly before the opening of one of the most important summits, the world still speculates about the recent cancelation of China’s President Xi Jinping. Is the 70-year-old exhausted from all his traveling? Does Xi want to avoid meeting US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit in New Delhi? Or is he showing solidarity with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who will also stay home? Japan’s Nikkei Asia newspaper speculates about domestic political reasons. Xi could have come under criticism from party veterans for the weak economy.