India, May 15 -- Former first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath, called out the lack of female representation during US President Donald Trump's bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table," the leader, who is currently working as Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics at Harvard University, tweeted.

She completed her X post with a picture of Trump and Jinping's meeting, in which women from either delegation were absent at the table.

"We have somehow gravitated back to this idea that what matters is your network and not your capabilities - and that matters [in terms...