China\u2019s leader, Xi Jinping, flew into Moscow this week cast by Beijing as its emissary for peace in Ukraine. His summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, however, demonstrated that his priority remains shoring up ties with Moscow to gird against what he sees as a long campaign by the United States to hobble China\u2019s ascent.<\/p>\n
Talk of Ukraine was overshadowed by Mr. Xi\u2019s vow of ironclad solidarity with Russia as a political, diplomatic, economic and military partner: two superpowers aligned in countering American dominance and a Western-led world order. The summit showed Mr. Xi\u2019s intention to entrench Beijing\u2019s tilt toward Moscow against what he recently called an effort by the United States at the full-fledged \u201ccontainment\u201d of China.<\/p>\n
Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin used the pomp of the three-day state visit that ended on Wednesday to signal to their publics and to Western capitals that the bond between their two countries remained robust and, in their eyes, indispensable, 13 months after Mr. Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine. They laid out their vision for the world in a nine-point joint statement that covered everything from Taiwan to climate change and relations with Mongolia, often depicting the United States as the obstacle to a better, fairer world.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n When Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin issued a joint statement last year, they had said their countries had a \u201climitless friendship.\u201d This time, they sought to draw clearer boundaries, declaring that they are not in a traditional political and military alliance. https:\/\/t.co\/eaNVkt4CCk<\/a><\/p>\n — New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n