Why a Sino-Russian split isn't likely anytime soon

Last Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a virtual meeting. It consolidated their deepening relationship.

Putin hailed “a new model of cooperation … between our countries,” to be based on “noninterference in internal affairs, respect for each other’s interests, and a determination to turn our common border into a ‘belt’ of eternal peace and good neighborliness.” Xi pledged to work with Russia “for a shared future.”