Xinhua Commentary: G20 needs unprecedented solidarity, cooperation to weather global crises

BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- History is replete with crises from which the world emerged a safer and better place, and those critical times have demonstrated that global unity and cooperation is a critical force in turning the tide.

Across the planet, a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc. The global economy is tottering towards the precipice, and resurgent protectionism, unilateralism and hegemonism pose a grave threat to world peace and development, not to mention other pressing planetary challenges such as climate change.