HONG KONG -- A string of large-scale forums in Hong Kong this week underscored the city's evolving geopolitical position and souring relations with the West.
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Hong Kong hosts flurry of forums, cozying up to non-Western partners
U.S.-led democracies conspicuously absent as city woos mainland, ASEAN, Middle East
Chinese President Xi Jinping's books, in various languages, are displayed on the sidelines of a Belt and Road event in Hong Kong -- one of several international forums in the city this week. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
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