{"id":148067,"date":"2026-05-20T08:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/xi-and-putin-meet-to-reaffirm-china-russia-ties-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:28:41","slug":"xi-and-putin-meet-to-reaffirm-china-russia-ties-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/xi-and-putin-meet-to-reaffirm-china-russia-ties-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi and Putin meet to reaffirm China-Russia ties: NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BEIJING – Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday to reaffirm ties, coming just days after US President Donald Trump visited China.<\/p>\n

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Xi welcomed Putin at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People. Both delegations later held bilateral talks, which will be followed by a ceremony to sign cooperation agreements.<\/p>\n

Putin’s visit comes just days after Trump’s visit to Beijing – which is aimed at bolstering Beijing’s image as an influential superpower, experts say.<\/p>\n

“The message is clearly one that China maintains friendship and strategic partnerships with whatever power it likes, and the US is one of them,” said Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute at the University of London.<\/p>\n