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Would China go to war over Taiwan?

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China's Relationship With Russia Is a Relationship of Convenience

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on February 4th. The move was seen as an attempt to strengthen ties between the two countries, but experts say it is actually part of China's retrenchment. "I think at a strategic level, he and putin both concluded that they now need each other," says historian John Defterios.

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