Beijing Hosts Moscow as Xi Promotes a West- wary Alignment

TL;DR
Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin to Beijing for a state visit framed as a stabilizing alliance amid global turbulence, signaling deeper China–Russia coordination and a challenge to U.S. influence. The leaders highlighted energy and security ties while Trumpeted a no-limits partnership, with Xi criticizing unilateral Western policies and urging restraint in Middle East conflicts as Moscow’s position weakens on several fronts.
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- China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US CNN
- Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing less than a week after Trump visit The Guardian
- As a Weakened Putin Follows Trump to Beijing, Iran War Offers an Opening The New York Times
- Putin-Xi talks revive stalled Russian gas pipeline as Iran war rattles energy markets CNBC
- As Putin visits China, distrust simmers beneath an anti-U.S. alliance The Washington Post
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