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APLN member Fujiwara Kiichi discussed whether the G20 was able to achieve its stated objectives and how President Xi Jinping’s absence affected the summit. The original interview was conducted in Japanese. Watch here.
REUTERS - APLN member Tong Zhao commented on China's absence from the G20 Summit.
THE TRIBUNE - APLN member C. Uday Bhaskar comments on India-China relations. He argues that China has challenged and bruised India's core national interests since the 1950s.
THE DIPLOMAT - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan wrote on how the recent BRICS Summit in Johannesburg revealed the internal discord amongst the BRICS countries.