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China hosts Silk Road summit in shadow of North Korea missile
China touted on Sunday its new Silk Road as "a project of the century" at a summit highlighting its growing leadership on globalisation, but a North Korean missile test threatened to overshadow the event. President Xi Jinping was preparing to host leaders from 29 nations for the two-day summit in Beijing when US and South Korean military officials confirmed that Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile. Delegations from North Korea and the United States were expected at the forum, though not their leaders.
China's leader offers billions for new Silk Road initiative
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday offered tens of billions of dollars for projects that are part of his signature foreign policy initiative linking China to much of Asia, Europe and Africa.
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