The first of an estimated 10,000 official visitors began arriving in Singapore at the weekend for the eight-day Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit – a grouping that speaks for half the global economy but decides almost nothing.
Officials of the 21 member economies began formal talks on Sunday, and top-level discussions get under way tomorrow, with separate two-day summits for finance and foreign ministers.
The 21 heads of government, which include Hu Jintao, China's president, Yukio Hatoyama, prime minister of Japan, and Barack Obama, US president, start their two-day summit on Saturday.
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