Xi and Putin Think They’re Winning — and Maybe They Are
Posted on AllSides October 18th, 2023
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OPINION
With hindsight, the last time Vladimir Putin visited Xi Jinping in China, just three weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine, was a moment of hubris — two supremely confident leaders marking their bid to shake up a world organized by and for the US and its allies. Well, they certainly shook it up, even if not in the way they intended.
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