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(Left to right) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China's Premier Li Keqiang, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesia's President Joko Widodo pose for a group photo during the 3rd RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) Summit in Thailand on Nov 4, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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Nov 17, 2019, 05:00 AM

Amitendu Palit

China Daily, China

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