Russia is no friend to China. In fact, Xi’s friendship with Putin is a betrayal of the Chinese people

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Russia has little to offer China, other than a means to antagonise the US. Xi’s courtship of Moscow makes no sense because it ignores the animosity that has defined Sino-Russian relations since the Treaty of Nerchinsk in the 17th century

Published: 3:00am, 10 Dec, 2019

Updated: 10:26pm, 10 Dec, 2019

Illustration: Craig Stephens

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Chi Wang, a former head of the Chinese section of the US Library of Congress, is president of the US-China Policy Foundation.