China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7

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China will push the Brics bloc of emerging markets to become a full-scale rival to the G7 this week, as leaders from across the developing world gather to debate the forum’s biggest expansion in more than a decade.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has invited more than 60 heads of state and…