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When the world's largest trade pact - the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - was signed about a fortnight ago, people were left with different impressions of its significance, depending on which media outlet they read.
A New York Times report was headlined "China-led trade pact is signed, in challenge to US", while China nationalist tabloid Global Times ran an opinion piece titled "RCEP will end US hegemony in West Pacific".
