BEIJING — International pressure may have pushed China and Russia closer together, but not enough for the two countries to send military support to each other, U.S.-based analysts said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpartVladimir Putin virtuallyfor the second time this year on Wednesday. It came just days after the U.S. and the other Group of 7 major economies condemned Russia's military build-up and «aggressive rhetoric towards Ukraine.»
«Beijing and Moscow are forging closer ties because both governments view deeper bilateral cooperation as beneficial to their respective national interests, and not primarily because of an ideological affinity between Xi and Putin,» said Neil Thomas, analyst for China and northeast
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