An unlikely apostle of liberalism preaches at Davos

Chinese president, Xi Jinping, turned out to be an unlikely defender of globalisation.

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Chinese president Xi Jinping surprised some at Davos
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There was a lot of "soul-searching" by the global plutocrats at the 47th World Economic Forum at Davos this year, says Philip Aldrick in The Times. The tone of business leaders was defensive and "a little guilty" in the wake of Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump. Yet behind it all lay a "deep anxiety that the world is at an inflection point".

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