China, Russia and the Risk of a New Cold War

Andy Isaacson is a writer and photographer. His work for The Times has taken him to every corner of the world, and he has transmitted what he’s experienced through his images. But recently, Isaacson took a trip unlike any he’d taken before. Not because of where he traveled, but b ...  Show more

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Oggi Xi Jinping e Putin si sono incontrati a Mosca. È il loro quarantesimo incontro, ma il primo da quando è iniziata l’invasione di Mosca dell’Ucraina. A favore di telecamere i due si sono scambiati frasi un po’ sdolcinate e complimentose che servono a confermare agli occhi del ...  Show more

Day 310. Today, as Putin announces that China's leader Xi Jinping will be visiting Russia in the New Year, we discuss what this meeting means for the war in Ukraine. Plus, we reflect on the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the Soviet Union and what it can tell us about the cu ...  Show more

Last week, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping completed a three-day visit to Moscow, his first since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before the war, Xi and Vladimir Putin had famously announced a “friendship without limits”. But it is unclear whether that relationship is pure ...  Show more

This week marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's visit to China. In 2022, there are warnings the US and China are entering a new Cold War, while the latter's relationship with Russia is strengthening. The New Statesman’s senior editor of China and global affairs, ...  Show more