Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a widely watched trip aimed at showcasing the trust and "no-limits" partnership between the countries even as the war in Ukraine raged on.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a widely watched trip aimed at showcasing the trust and “no-limits” partnership between the countries even as the war in Ukraine raged on.

In only his second known trip abroad since the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him in March, Putin and his entourage flew into the Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday morning, according to Reuters video footage.

  • zerfuffle
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    1 year ago

    The Opium Wars? The sacking of Yuanmingyuan? The lack of Chinese war reparations from Japan following WW2? The progressive encirclement of China by US military bases?

    What reason does China have to like the West? The economic dependence that the West seems adamant to break? The slow flow of intellectual property that the West will block the minute China seems like it comes close to overtaking the West? The constant funding of insurgents and opposition forces within China and against Chinese interests?