Collectively, the West is much more powerful than China, but nobody in the West is nearly as powerful as Xi. In that fragmentation, he can gain considerable le

Collectively, the West is much more powerful than China, but nobody in the West is nearly as powerful as Xi. In that fragmentation, he can gain considerable leverage like this, without even having to say a word. One thing that might help even larger businesses is for government to pass legislation banning this kind of activity, i.e. making judgements on who can attend or not, or at very least, passing it off to the local officials. That way, Marriott can say 'Sorry Xi, our hands our tied, we had to let them have their conference, take it up with Biden or Merkel'.