As Russia's Vladimir Putin meets with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing, the pomp and pronouncements are meant to signal a unified alternative to the West.
Through 75 years of diplomatic relations and the protracted war in Ukraine, China and Russia want the world to know that their ties are stronger than ever. That was the message blared through a pomp-filled welcome for Russia's leader to Beijing meant to signal a unified alternative to the West. On Thursday morning, President Xi Jinping received President Vladimir Putin outside the Great Hall of the People while uniformed bands played, soldiers stood at attention and cannons and rifles fired.
Analysts have described their recent collaboration — a 'no-limits' pact announced just before Russia's full invasion of Ukraine — as a marriage of convenience and a desire to stand united against what they see as U.S. hegemony and containment. Hu Xijin, the former editor in chief of the Global Times, the Communist Party tabloid, said on social media Thursday that China and Russia have been brought together out of necessity more than true alliance in cause.
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