Xi's summits with Trump and Putin + China's economy loses momentum + Hong Kong dissidents (opens in new tab)

Top Story Xi’s summits with Trump and Putin project Beijing as a hub of global diplomacy By hosting US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in back-to-back summits in Beijing, Xi Jinping was able to project China’s unprecedented global influence and advance its preferred worldview: building what he calls “constructive strategic stability” with the US, while enlisting Russia to push for a multipolar world order through the doctrine of “a new type of international relatio...