Putin, Trump and Xi
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US president left Beijing after a two-day visit marked by praise for Xi and a high-profile US delegation, with Russia’s president set to visit China on 20 May
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif are reportedly planning visits to China. As of press time, however, the Global Times has not seen any confirmation from the Chinese Foreign Ministry regarding the visits.
Watch an exchange between the two men in which the Chinese leader sought to signal exclusivity and name-dropped Russia’s president.
COLUMN. Like Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, Trump underestimated the Iranian regime when he went to war with it. According to Le Monde's Gilles Paris, those failures could serve as a warning to Xi Jinping about how to bring Taiwan back under China's control.
After returning from Beijing, Vladimir Putin is beginning a new phase of the war against Ukraine. The strike on the Cabinet of Ministers may serve as confirmation, according to The Times. According to The Times, Putin’s confidence may have risen sharply ...