Asia Times Online :: China’s silky road to glory
Nov 14, 2014
By Pepe Escobar
If there were any remaining doubts about the unlimited stupidity Western corporate media is capable of dishing out, the highlight of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing has been defined as Russian President Vladimir Putin supposedly „hitting“ on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wife – and the subsequent Chinese censoring of the moment when Putin draped a shawl over her shoulders in the cold air where the leaders were assembled. What next? Putin and Xi denounced as a gay couple? Let’s dump the clowns and get down to the serious business.
Right at the start, President Xi urged APEC to „add firewood to the fire of the Asia-Pacific and world economy“. Two days later, China got what it wanted on all fronts.
- Beijing had all 21 APEC member-nations endorsing the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) –…
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