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Australian CEOs also took a high-profile stance at Boao, an event Beijing uses to try to showcase its connections with international business. Fortescue Metals founder Andrew Forrest addressed the opening ceremony with a call for China to accelerate its renewables rollout to tackle climate change. While Beijing has welcomed hundreds of global chief executives into the country this week, relations with the United States have hit new lows and many international companies are privately wary of investing in China. The scenes at the Boao Forum were a sharp contrast to Xi Jinping’s summit with Vladimir Putin last week. New Chinese...
