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Xi arrives for SCO summit, Putin meeting as regional bloc pushes back on US dominance

Xi arrives for SCO summit, Putin meeting as regional bloc pushes back on US dominance
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China and Russia's leaders gather in Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit as the regional bloc seeks to counterbalance American dominance. Meanwhile, the US hosts G20 finance ministers amid concerns that America's towering debt burden may constrain its new central banker's policy options.

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit gets underway in Kyrgyzstan, with the leaders of China and Russia attending. But first: the US hosts G20 finance ministers, while America's massive debt may be painting its new central banker into a corner.

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