G20 finance ministers meet in Washington. Meanwhile the BRICS Emerging Powers Summit gets underway in Hainan, in China.

G20国财长会议在华盛顿召开。与此同时，“金砖四国”新兴大国峰会在中国海南举行。

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Sarkozy sees the G20 summit as his "baby", having called for a new Bretton Woods and convinced George Bush to hold the first G20 meeting in Washington last year.

萨科奇视20国集团峰会为他的“宝宝”，曾经呼吁建立一个新布雷顿森林体系，并在去年劝说乔治·布什在华盛顿召开第一次20国会议。

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The success of the G20 since its first summit in Washington, DC, in November 2008 has surprised many sceptics.

首届G20峰会于2008年11月在美国首都华盛顿的胜利召开，震惊了许多怀疑论者。

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Meanwhile, leaders from the G20 countries headed to Washington for an economic summit, dubbed Bretton Woods 2 , on November 15th that will discuss reform of the world's financial system.

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Britain's Gordon Brown not only hosted the Obamas during the G20 summit in London but has visited them in Washington.

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