Xi hosts Putin after Trump's Beijing visit (opens in new tab)

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on May 20, less than a week after President Trump visited the Chinese capital, and both leaders publicly praised China-Russia ties. Xi described the relationship as "unyielding," while Putin said bilateral cooperation had reached an "unprecedentedly high level" despite "unfavourable external factors". The meeting yielded a declaration on a multipolar world order, an extension of a friendship treaty first signed in...