Following more than two years of Covid-19 induced isolation, a common narrative suggested the world could not rely on China’s supply chains; the world found that China was indispensable. The fierce competition to meet with President Xi tells us that China is back — even though it never really went away. China remains a gift to the global economy.
The last fortnight has seen a flurry of meetings with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the G20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec).
In some ways, this saw China re-engaging with a post-Covid-19 world. Many in the media saw this as China coming to the world, but events suggest that the world was coming to China, particularly President Xi Jinping.
