Friendship or Geopolitics? BBC Breaks Down the Xi-Putin Relationship

Days after hosting Trump, Xi gives Putin the same treatment in China

Vladimir Putin visited Xi Jinping in China at a summit in Beijing Wednesday, just days after Xi hosted President Trump.

Xi welcomes Putin, touts "unyielding" Russia-China ties and warns "hegemonic countercurrents running rampant"

China's Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin in Beijing, touted the countries' "unyielding" ties, and took a loosely veiled jab at Trump's policies.

Taiwan was front and center during Trump's China trip — but absent from Xi’s meeting with Putin

The meetings between China's Xi Jinping and his U.S. and Russian counterparts came just days apart, but there was a stark contrast in tone and content.

Xi says world is at risk of ‘law of the jungle’ as he hails China-Russia links

Chinese president hosts Putin in Beijing and welcomes relationship as stabilising global forceXi Jinping said the world was at risk of regressing into the “law of the jungle” and hailed the China-Russia relationship as a stabilising global force as he hosted Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, just days after hosting Donald Trump.The Chinese leader welcomed the Russian president with pomp and pageantry as the pair began talks in the Great Ha…

Putin and Xi Sign ‘Multipolar World’ Declaration in Beijing

President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping signed a joint declaration on Wednesday focused on building a “multipolar world,”  sending a defiant signal to the U.S. just days after President Donald Trump concluded a visit to Beijing without any major deals.

Xi welcomes 'most intimate friend' Putin to China days after Trump visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his close ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and said their countries are partners in trade and international affairs as they opened bilateral talks Wednesday on his trip to Beijing.