China's President Xi Jinping drew the short straw this year to host President Barack Obama and other world leaders at the latest APEC summit
The gathering saw China's president and Japan's prime minister take a major step in easing more than two years of high tensions with an ice-breaking meeting during the Asia-Pacific conference.
But with so many global leaders in the same place, at the same time, there are bound to be a few bumps along the way...
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