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Tan Dawn Wei

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20.

The real message behind Beijing’s back-to-back summits

Trump and Putin visits in a week show Xi positioning China at the center of a fractured world order

US President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping after a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, on May 15.
OPINION

Xi Jinping has just rewritten the rules of US-China rivalry

Beijing has accepted that it is in competition with the US but wants guard rails in place so that it does not get out of hand

When China does eventually attain rich-nation status, it may continue to hang on to its developing-country label for a while longer.

China wants to be a responsible power, just not a ‘developed’ one

As the country edges towards high-income status, it is trying to balance upgrading its economy while holding on to its developing-nation identity

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