China’s Xi steals the limelight in a defiant push against US-led world order

Laura BickerChina correspondent

Getty Images Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un standing shoulder to shoulder, all of them in suits, with others in suits behind them. Putin is holding his right hand to his chestGetty Images

As the cannon fire echoed through Tiananmen Square, even before the first set of troops goose-stepped their way through Beijing’s central avenue, the day’s most enduring image unfolded.

China’s President…

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