Inclusive roadmap to future

BEFORE THE START OF THE WEEKLONG 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Beijing, the average man on the street was probably more curious about what might happen on the sidelines.

Would Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe get his coveted chance to talk with President Xi Jinping? What would it be like when the Russian president met his US counterpart? To what extent would other APEC members agree to help our efforts to track down corrupt officials that have fled the country?

And, of course, every resident of the host city wondered for how long the costly clear skies, dubbed APEC blue, would last.