Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Xi Jinping in China this week in a bid to deepen a partnership forged between the United States’ two biggest strategic competitors.
Putin will attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on Oct. 17-18, his first trip outside the former Soviet Union since the Hague-based International Criminal Court issued a warrant for him in March over the deportation of children from Ukraine.
China and Russia declared a “no limits” partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing just days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, triggering the deadliest land war in Europe since World War Two.
Yeah I was going to say that, what on earth is Russia bringing to the table here?
Sure they have roughly similar ideologies and they both don’t like the west but I don’t think China is going to consider that enough for a formal political relationship.
China has no stake in this war, if Russia win or lose, it makes no difference to China so why would they care.
Taiwan
Russia has an incredible amount of political influence in Africa and the Middle East while Chinese foreign policy is focused primarily on the mainland. China is only willing to provide economic support for other countries and is unwilling to make strong political statements, while Russia is.
More mail order brides?
That might actually be the one resource that Russia can provide that China might actually want.