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Sukanto Tanoto beamed as he shook Xi Jinping’s hand. It was 2015, and the fact that Tanoto — an Indonesian billionaire who was born to Chinese immigrants — had been invited to attend the conference in Hainan, China, was something of an honor. Only two other overseas Chinese entrepreneurs were reportedly included in the discussion, which centered on regional economic integration and financial cooperation around the then-novel Belt and Road Initiative.
Tanoto had worked hard for his invit
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