Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA-EFEChinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
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As China and Russia draw closer, it would be a fool’s errand for Trump to try to separate them

  • Sino-Russian rapprochement is at an all-time high, and the splintering West can forget about driving a wedge between them. Beijing owes Moscow a debt of gratitude, and it is the US that has lumped China and Russia together as its rivals

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Updated: 11:06pm, 10 Dec, 2019

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA-EFEChinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
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