‘Arrogant isolation’ will always fail, says Xi Jinping at WEF virtual event, East Asia


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BEIJING - With the Covid-19 pandemic plunging the world into its worst recession since the second World War and the battle against the outbreak far from over, Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged world leaders to cooperate in dealing with the public health crisis and save the world economy. In a special address on Monday (Jan 25) at the World Economic Forum’s virtual event, The Davos Agenda, the Chinese leader called for a renewed focus on multilateral cooperation and a rejection of isolationism and "ideological prejudice". His speech bore similarities to a keynote address he delivered at Davos in 2017...