Davos Agenda: Asia to dominate virtual event as Covid-hit West struggles
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. Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 11:09 AM IST AFP
In the virtual format of World Economic Forum because of the pandemic, next week s event is headlined as A Crucial Year to Rebuild Trust. The spotlight will be on Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will give a speech on Monday
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Emerging stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic, Asia is set to dominate this year s virtual World Economic Forum as a virus-battered West struggles and a new US president faces particularly daunting challenges.
The 2020 WEF, which took place in its usual Swiss Alpine resort of Davos, saw the global elite just starting to worry about a pandemic that surfaced in China a month earlier.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that its Davos Agenda event would take place virtually from January 25-29 under the theme "A Crucial Year to Rebuild Trust".On Monday, the Geneva-based forum said it would bring together .