"Putin's visit was announced just a day after United States President Donald Trump's departure from China following the American leader's summit with Xi last week. While Trump touted broad trade deals, there is little evidence that the US and China made significant progress on the most contentious issues dividing Washington and Beijing, including Taiwan and the US-Israel war on Iran. That, say analysts, suits Putin well, allowing him to head to Beijing confident that China has no plans to sidestep its relationship with Russia."
"For Beijing, meanwhile, the back-to-back visits are a flex of its growing diplomatic leverage, positioning China as a central player capable of engaging rival powers on its own terms. United by Western sanctions and a view of Trump's foreign policy as reckless, Putin and Xi have forged a right partnership in recent years and no major shifts are expected during the Russian president's visit."
"Despite China's posturing, no breakthroughs are expected from Putin's visit, but rather a continuity of their strategic relationship. I don't think that there is going to be a major shift, Marina Miron, a postdoctoral researcher in defence studies at King's College London, told Al Jazeera. It's going to be a deepening of bilateral r"
Putin is scheduled to join Xi Jinping in commemorating the 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. Analysts say the summit’s significance is deeper and tied to its timing. The visit was announced a day after Donald Trump left China following his summit with Xi, despite limited evidence of progress on contentious issues such as Taiwan and the US-Israel war on Iran. This situation is seen as benefiting Putin by suggesting China will not sidestep its relationship with Russia. For China, hosting back-to-back visits is viewed as a diplomatic display of leverage, positioning China as a central actor able to engage rival powers. No major shifts are expected, with continuity and deepening of strategic ties anticipated.
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