China president absent as G20 gathers in India
G20 leaders began to descend on New Delhi Friday, hoping to make progress on trade, climate and a host of other global problems despite the Chinese and Russian presidents skipping the summit. The G20 was conceived in the throes of the 2008 financial crisis as a way of managing the global economy. But as presidential and prime ministerial jets began landing in the Indian capital, the pointed absence of China’s […]