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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 20, 2023, 03:51 PM Mar 2023

Xi tries to cheer up Pooty Poot

China’s Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

BEIJING (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.

Xi’s 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 Kremlin’s 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, China’s 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
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Xi tries to cheer up Pooty Poot (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP
Make no mistake, Xi certainly has limits regarding his alliance with Putin. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #1
He sure would. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #2
Xi could care less about Putin or Russia, but needs them to move his own plans forward. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #3

Irish_Dem

(46,767 posts)
1. Make no mistake, Xi certainly has limits regarding his alliance with Putin.
Mon Mar 20, 2023, 04:08 PM
Mar 2023

Xi would dump Putin in a heartbeat if Putin starts to seriously damage China's interests.

2naSalit

(86,496 posts)
2. He sure would.
Mon Mar 20, 2023, 06:27 PM
Mar 2023

I look at his position as one that employs the side-eye with every proposal poopy offers.

Irish_Dem

(46,767 posts)
3. Xi could care less about Putin or Russia, but needs them to move his own plans forward.
Mon Mar 20, 2023, 06:48 PM
Mar 2023

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.

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