Bear backed: Xi heads to Moscow

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The visit of Xi Jinping, China’s president, to Moscow may seem like the solidifying of a simple, anti-Western alliance. But China is walking <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2023/03/19/what-does-xi-jinping-want-from-vladimir-putin?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=a ...

As Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meets with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this week, Chinese officials have been presenting his trip as a mission of peace. But American and European officials are watching for something else altogether — whether Mr. Xi will add ...

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