Beijing and Moscow have affirmed their close ties, but China seems to be leaving itself wiggle room in its communications about the meeting between leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agreed to a 'no limits' partnership in Beijing.
China’s foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart that Russia has legitimate security concerns in Ukraine. But could a Putin military move delay an enormous Siberian gas pipeline deal?
A Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese leader Xi Jinping might have asked his Russian counterpart not to spoil the Olympics with a military offensive in Ukraine. China called the report “a hoax and provocation.”
Iran, China, and Russia are conducting joint naval exercises and have only the nicest things to say about one another. But oil and gas revenues might complicate their mutual support if Putin decides to invade Ukraine.
Is China nervous about Russia spoiling the Olympics with a Ukraine invasion? This is the week that was in China-Russia news.
As the second Ukraine crisis unfolds will Beijing “lean to one side”?