China Emerges as Dominant Partner in Xi's Russia Trip Amid Ukraine Conflict

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent visit to Russia highlighted the imbalanced relationship between the two countries, with China emerging as an emerging global leader. While Xi and Putin talked about a more democratic multipolar world order, experts say that Russia needs China more than the other way around. The visit also reflected the different outlooks of China and Russia, with China embracing globalization far more than Russia. The dueling visits of Prime Minister Kishida of Japan and Xi further reflected the two different European-Pacific partnerships.