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Apr 14, 2022
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Xi shouldn’t cosy up with Putin
Odd Arne Westad Foreign Affairs
Irrespective of how the war in Ukraine ends, the “relationship between Russia and China will determine whether the world can avoid great-power war”, says Odd Arne Westad. At present, by “saying very little and blaming the West”, Beijing is hoping that the outcome will be a Russia – with its “tempting” energy and mineral riches – that is “ever more dependent on China”. However, the dependency of a “weak regime, locked in forever quarrels
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