Such conversations are likely to have been on the table during the lengthy conversations between Xi, Biden and their top officials on Monday night in Bali. This meeting places Xi alongside the US and other NATO leaders who have rallied behind Ukraine — even at the cost of their own energy security. Putin has declined to attend the summit in person. His G20 attendance cuts a stark contrast to Xi’s first oversees meeting earlier this fall, when he joined Russian leader Vladimir Putin and central Asian counterparts for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan. That summit signaled Xi’s preference for an alternate world order free from what Beijing sees as US hegemony.

Source: Egypt Independent November 14, 2022 14:07 UTC