 | | After 1,000-plus days of video conferences, phone calls and telegrams, Chinese President Xi Jinping was back on the international stage, engaging in a flurry of meetings on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali.
And he seemed to have a new diplomatic playbook -- one that is milder than the "wolf warrior" diplomacy his hard-line diplomats have been waging during his tenure so far.
Fresh from securing a third five-year term as China's top leader and surrounding himself with an obedient cabinet of loyalists, Xi has a free hand to chart a new course in foreign policy.
To Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, he said there has never been a fundamental conflict of interest between the two countries, despite a two-year spat over Canberra's suggestion for a COVID-19 investigation.
To South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, he said he would support Seoul's "audacious plan" to reach out to North Korea, if Pyongyang was also willing.
Will the new look last?
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