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China gives Putin a diplomatic boost

By Louise Watt
Published May 20, 2014 10:11am ET
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China gives Putin a diplomatic boost
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and China's President Xi Jinping review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Barria, Pool) | Carlos Barria

SHANGHAI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday with China’s president in a diplomatic boost for the isolated Russian leader but the two sides had yet to agree on a widely anticipated multibillion-dollar natural gas sale.

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