China’s bid to show itself as a responsible and able global economic leader at the G20 summit has been overshadowed by awkward bilateral issues, according to The South China Morning Post. These include whether Xi and US President Barack Obama can narrow their countries’ gaping differences over the South China Sea and cybersecurity, if China and South Korea can repair ties in the wake of Seoul’s decision to deploy an anti-missile system, and whether Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can ease tensions over the East China Sea. But the final communique accepted many of the Xi’s proposals on how to revive the global economy, including enhanced policy coordination in fiscal, monetary and structural reform, the improvement of multilateral trade, strong cross-border infrastructure spending and global financial governance reform.
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