Three years ago, Chinese Premier Li Qiang took on a role largely stripped of its former glory. Now, in a surprise twist, he’s becoming President Xi Jinping’s top emissary on the world stage.
When China’s No. 2 official steps out in Johannesburg at the first Group of Twenty leaders’ meeting ever held in Africa this weekend, it’ll mark his third stint representing Xi at a major conference. It’s a role Li debuted at the G-20 leaders’ summit in India two years ago, and then reprised this summer at a BRICS top-level gathering in Brazil.
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