How San Francisco is cleaning up its image for the upcoming APEC summit


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San Francisco is getting ready for something big. The city, which is still under fire for its post-pandemic difficulties with crime and homelessness, is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference beginning on 11 November. Local officials are frantically cleaning up in preparation for the summit, which will be attended by luminaries such as US president Joe Biden and Chinese president Xi Jinping. They argue that it is critical to demonstrate that San Francisco remains a significant commercial hub and that concerns have been overblown. Not since the signing of the United Nations Charter here in 1945 has San Francisco hosted...