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China's Xi steals limelight in defiant push against US-led world order

Beijing, Sep 3 (UNI) China's President Xi Jinping today welcomed North Korea's Kim Jong Un with a long handshake, then moved on to greet Russia's Vladimir Putin and then walked to his seat, flanked by two of the world's most sanctioned leaders at Tiananmen Square, the central avenue in the capital city.
In a meeting - rather than the weaponry, US President Donald Trump that appears to have irked US President Donald Trump, reports BBC.
The Chinese leader has stolen the limelight, and he's using it to show his power and influence over an eastern-led alliance – a defiant group determined to push back
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