Zelenskyy to attend G-7 summit in Japan; Russia hit with new sanctions
NBCJUL 2023
Given that the so-called rich countries' club has long been facing an existential crisis as its economic relevance consistently wanes, old industrialized Western nations have adopted anti-China rhetoric to try and attract some attention to their summits. Ironically, the only way for the G7 to have its reputation restored is by cooperating with Beijing rather than slinging mud.
Beijing cannot stand the G7 because the group of major democracies — which Xi Jinping will never be able to join — frustrates its plans to become the world's leader. Putting aside that the G7 economies more than double China, it turns out that such countries are among Beijing's best customers and China is nearly completely dependent on imports from them in some areas.