China puts on best face for G20 summit

When China signed up two years ago to host the G20 summit starting on Sunday, it seemed like an ideal venue to showcase its financial accomplishments and assume the mantle of international leadership. Beijing's aggressive stance in the South China Sea, where it has created artificial islands in disputed territory, has also created alarm and joins a list of awkward issues authorities are keen to leave off the agenda in the summit city of Hangzhou. The Group of 20, which accounts for 85 percent of world GDP and two-thirds of its population, is the biggest international policy gathering the country has held, and it has made every effort to ensure it goes flawlessly.