Correspondent in Asia
Crouching at a good distance, the Chinese dragon observes the Russian bear maneuvering in Ukraine, holding the candy up to Joe Biden, a bit admiring.
Xi Jinping will receive Vladimir Putin at the right time at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on February 4, closing ranks with his "
old friend
" at the time of a new "cold war" between Washington and authoritarian regimes.
The master of the Kremlin will be the first foreign leader to be entitled to a flesh-and-blood interview with the Chinese president since the start of the pandemic, illustrating the spectacular rapprochement between Beijing and Moscow, in the midst of a showdown with the West. .
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The world is going through great transformations, and the Sino-Russian relationship is experiencing new vitality,
" Xi said, during their last videoconference meeting on December 15, as Putin massed troops at Ukraine's doorstep.
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