In Moscow, New Chinese Leader Xi Warns Against Meddling -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against foreign interference in the affairs of other nations during a speech in Moscow on Saturday, sending a signal to the West and echoing a message often repeated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Permanent U.N. Security Council members with veto power, Russia and China have frequently teamed up diplomatically to blunt the influence of the United States and its NATO allies and have blocked three draft resolutions on Syria.
"We must respect the right of each country in the world to independently choose its path of development and oppose interference in the internal affairs of other countries," Xi told students at an international relations school.
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My Comment: It's been years, but I remember former President Reagan saying (somewhat) the same thing .... the U.S. is (generally speaking) not concerned about how a country runs it's affairs .... but when they start interfering in the affairs of other countries .... that is when the U.S. gets involved. An now .... almost 30 years later .... the Chinese president is saying the same thing. Wow .... the times are changing.
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