Putin Has Become Xi’s Junior Partner - Radio Meduza

Putin Has Become Xi’s Junior Partner

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Putin is no longer a role model for Xi Jinping, but merely a junior partner. How have relations between China and Russia changed?

Over the course of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, Vladimir Putin has lost, in the eyes of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, his status as a "model to emulate" and has gradually turned into a petitioner. That is what The Wall Street Journal writes. At the same time, the two sides are trying to create the appearance of a strong and equal alliance. Why can Russia and China still not divide spheres of influence? This is the audio version of a piece about the changes in interaction between the two countries. You can read the text here.

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