The Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, began on Saturday with an “opening declaration” despite the U.S. boycott and several other national leaders choosing not to attend.

China’s state-run Global Times gave triumphalist coverage to Saturday’s opening despite Chinese dictator Xi Jinping being one of the leaders who skipped the summit:

Despite the US’ boycott and pressure, global leaders attending the event reached a broad consensus on urgent issues including disaster resilience, debt sustainability, just energy transitions and critical minerals, and adopted the G20 South Africa Summit’s Leaders’ Declaration on the opening day.

Chinese observers highlighted that the adoption of the joint declaration, over the objections of the US and its summit boycott, sign

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