China’s head of state XI Jinping had invited. But the real boss at the summit in Tianjin was Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. He even introduced his own talks: the tête-à-tête in the car. With Donald Trump in Alaska, he spoke undisturbed in the back seat of the armored “Beast”, his own presidential “Aurus” had flown to China. And, out of courtesy towards the host, have Chinese license plates.
