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An Unsure China Steps Onto the Global Stage

The New York Times reports on China’s new role in the global spotlight at the ongoing G20 meetings:Yet even as Presidents Hu Jintao and Obama had their first meeting on Wednesday on the sidelines of the summit proceedings, the Chinese appeared torn between seizing their moment in the geopolitical spotlight and shying from it. Government censors quickly deleted Mr. Xi’s remarks from Chinese n