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Becky Davis

Becky Davis Is China correspondent for Agence France Presse. Her reporting has also appeared in The New York Times, France 24, Japan Today, Yahoo, Business Insider, Military.com, Times of Israel, Arab News, The Times South Africa, Global News, and Mail & Guardian.

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With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council

With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council

Becky Davis

Qingdao (China) (AFP) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday opened a regional security summit attended by Russia and Iran with boasts of the bloc’s “unity”, just as a fractious G7 gathering was mired in divisions between Europe and the US. SPUTNIK/AFP / Alexei Druzhinin. Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed the bloc’s guiding ‘Shanghai spirit.’ […]

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