China’s Xi returns to international stage amid rising tensions


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After a lengthy absence from major international gatherings, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is leaving his country’s Covid-19 bubble and venturing abroad next week into a dramatically changed world marked by rising confrontation. Mr Xi will attend the G20 meeting of industrial and emerging market nations in Indonesia followed by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Thailand. He will meet individually with other leaders, including US President Joe Biden on Monday in their first in-person talks since Mr Biden took office in January 2021. The Chinese leader has relied mainly on speeches by video to deliver China’s message at the UN...