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Nov 21, 2013
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Just over a month ago, US President Barack Obama skipped the APEC summit in Bali and the Asean summit in Brunei, leaving the stage clear for China’s President Xi Jinping to make nice and sign deals, while editorial writers pondered over the declining power of the United States.

It seemed to some that Obama’s decision to stay home and deal with the politi…

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