Tage nachdem Trump aus Peking geflogen ist, feiern Xi und Putin die beste Freundschaft ihrer Geschichte
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Tage nachdem Trump aus Peking geflogen ist, feiern Xi und Putin die beste Freundschaft ihrer Geschichte
https://fortune.com/2026/05/20/days-after-trump-flies-out-of-beijing-xi-and-putin-hail-the-best-friendship-in-their-history/?utm_source=reddit/
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China.
Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges. They stressed their growing trade, particularly in oil and natural gas, and declared themselves aligned on international relations.
The countries’ ties have reached “the highest level in history,” Xi said after the signing ceremony, speaking to members of the delegations and journalists. The two sides also agreed to extend a friendship treaty first signed in 2001.
Putin told those in the room that “the driving force behind economic cooperation is Russian-Chinese collaboration in the energy sector.“
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Cheap energy and oil buys A LOT of political favors. Russia has exactly what China doesn’t and China can extend enough of a lifeline to keep Russia from becoming a failed state. Everything else is just optics.
Besides boosting the use and convenience of Russia as a supplier to China, it’s an unsubtle (clear to anyone but the target) insult to and repudiation of Trump.
I don’t fully understand why Xi’s public rhetoric is so eager to paint China and Russia as inseparable allies. In practice, their relationship has clear limits and China can obviously afford to keep Russia at arm’s length and squeeze them. The only result of such statements from my perspective seems to be making China prohibitive as a partner for Europe and making Asian countries more wary of Russia. I think it’s possible that there is a significant personal aspect to this relationship.