The Kremlin would clearly like to see this as a meeting of equals. I think Xi Jinping certainly doesn't see it that way, says Peter Bergen. The two sides declared that their partnership had no limits at the Winter Olympics. Chinese officials were caught off guard by the scale of the Russian invasion.
The visit of Xi Jinping, China’s president, to Moscow may seem like the solidifying of a simple, anti-Western alliance. But China is walking a delicate line to look after its own interests. A growing minority of young people simply do not want to drive; that will have consequences far beyond roadways. And research on colonising the Moon goes underground.
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