Friday, October 14, 2016

The Growing Russia - China Alliance

China's President Xi Jinping (right) and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, attend a welcome ceremony at the Xijiao State Guest Hotel, before the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia summit in Shanghai, on May 20, 2014. Reuters/Carlos Barria

Bloomberg: Bromance Between Xi and Putin Grows as U.S. Spats Escalate

* Leaders slated to hold 19th meeting while in India for summit
* China, Russia find more common ground over global hot spots

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will have more than vodka shots and gifts of ice cream to show for their warming relationship when they meet this weekend on the sidelines of a developing nations’ summit in India.

Recent months have seen greater security cooperation between Russia and China as they find common ground against the U.S. The neighboring giants last month held their first joint naval drill in the South China Sea and both have condemned U.S. plans to deploy a U.S. missile shield in South Korea. A Russian general said this week the military was working with China to counter an expansion of U.S. missile defenses, which they see as upsetting the balance between the three nuclear powers.

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WNU Editor: I do not expect Russia and China grand alliance anytime soon .... but it is true that on many issues ....  military, international politics, and (more importantly) economic .... there is a lot of common ground.

2 comments:

Jac said...

The short term is full of mutual interest, the long one is an other story.

James said...

Ole Xi's face would make an excellent Cheshire cat.