China or the U.S.? Two Meetings Offer Competing Showcases of Global Power. NYT > Top Stories By: David Pierson 1 September 2026 at 12:56 As Xi Jinping gathered with the leaders of Russia and Iran, Europe challenged the Trump administration at the G20, offering a split-screen view of a changing world. Β© Vyacheslav Oseledko/Agence France-Presse β Getty Images; Sam Wolfe/Reuters/
Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China NYT > Top Stories By: Paul Sonne and David Pierson 31 August 2026 at 23:11 A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare. Β© Pavel Mikheyev/ReutersXi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.
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