Xi Jinping is embarking on the first state visit of his third term as president of China.
But any discomfort likely is more superficial than permanent, and Xi's moderation of past forward-leaning language won't stop him from advancing deeper ties with Putin, subject-matter experts say.has been building with Russia for over a decade. And the fact that he's prepared to go ahead with this in the circumstances of the war is notable," Andrew Small, senior fellow with the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, told Newsweek.
"There is a degree of care on the Chinese side at the moment for how some of this is perceived. In another era of Chinese diplomacy, this would be seen as far too delicate to conduct in these circumstances," he said."It would have been very easy for Xi to come up with reasons not to go to Russia right now, so what that gesture represents, regardless of the language, is extremely significant.
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