[Cronos]

China on Monday made it official that its President Xi Jinping will not be attending the G20 Summit in New Delhi, the latest in a series of moves by Beijing that make it clear that the two Asian giants are not getting along. Beijing has so far opposed many proposals put forward by India at several G20 meetings held earlier this year. And as India gears up for the mega summit later this week, China's 'obstructionist' attitude is likely to endanger the final outcome and 'joint communique', which requires consensus - which will be the biggest challenge for New Delhi. China will be represented by Premier Li Qiang, the number two in Beijing and close aide of Xi Jinping.

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Imagine China holding a G-20 meeting on Taiwan.
That would be interesting.

I think Putin has other reasons to not travel right now, than diplomacy.

[Kriggerel]

It’s very simple. China sees itself as the natural, historical rulers of the entire planet. They ALSO think that, sooner or later, the rest of us are going to have no choice but to get with the pogrom.