fashionable to blame everything on Covid zero, including trade-war protocol Shanghai port shutdown full-dress rehearsal, and here below, Davos attendance, ala Team China being polite but signing off
scmp.com
China sends smallest Davos delegation in years amid concern zero-Covid is limiting its voice on world stage
- The Chinese delegation at Davos this year is unusually small, with representation in only four of more than 200 discussions
- China’s strict Covid-19 quarantine rules have been blamed, a situation that will limit its chance to outline global policy goals
... Though most discussions will be streamed online, China will not have an official voice on many issues of concern, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, digital currency, globalisation, food security and the cold war 2.0. ...
... Conversely, the American delegation will include US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and several US senators will sell their version of global cooperation in a session titled The View from Capitol Hill.
... Key speakers include world leaders like Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, German chancellor Olaf Scholz, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, European Central Bank governor Christine Lagarde and prominent businesspeople like Ray Dalio and Bill Gates.
Zelensky will give the keynote speech at the opening ceremony, while Russia has not been invited to take part this year. |
