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Chinas Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leaderBEIJING (AP) Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet with Vladimir Putin in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.
Xis government gave no details of what the Chinese leader hoped to accomplish. Xi and Putin declared they had a no-limits friendship before the February 2022 attack on Ukraine, but China has tried to portray itself as neutral. Beijing called for a cease-fire last month, but Washington said that would ratify the Kremlins battlefield gains.
The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from Monday to Wednesday but gave no indication whether he had left. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin.
Ahead of the meeting, Chinas foreign ministry called on the ICC to respect the jurisdictional immunity of a head of state and avoid politicization and double standards.
https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-ukraine-xi-putin-5d456916149094c174624d645b21ec26
Irish_Dem
(46,767 posts)Xi would dump Putin in a heartbeat if Putin starts to seriously damage China's interests.
2naSalit
(86,496 posts)I look at his position as one that employs the side-eye with every proposal poopy offers.
Irish_Dem
(46,767 posts)Xi and Putin are looking to be the 21st century global superpowers.
Western democracies must be crushed or greatly damaged.
China rules the Pacific, Putin the West.
Putin and Xi have installed their puppets all over Europe and the US.
Created chaos and division.
Xi has bought off large parts of Africa and South America.
Even has troops stationed in Africa.
Everything has been going according to plan.
But then Putin's sure thing 3 day invasion of Ukraine did not go as planned.
And the west is fighting back unexpectedly.
But Putin continues his war, and Xi plans his invasion of Taiwan.
World dominance is still the goal.
There is a problem with being leaders for life, unelected, answering to no-one, everyone afraid of you.
You get surrounded by yes men, no one will tell you the truth, you get bogged down in your tunnel vision.
No mid course correction. No listening to reality or the truth.
I believe that ultimately Putin and Xi will fail. But in the meantime they will burn it all down and do a great deal of damage world wide. They have already greatly damaged the US.