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Why Xi Jinping squirmed in discomfort at Putin meeting

By Tom Rogan

Published September 15, 2022 7:36pm ET

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Why Xi Jinping squirmed in discomfort at Putin meeting — Meeting President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Uzbekistan, Xi Jinping struggled not to squirm on Thursday. Xi doesn’t dislike the Russian leader. Rather, the Chinese leader’s concern is to avoid being associated with Putin’s war in Ukraine, especially now that Ukrainian counteroffensives portend Russia’s longer-term defeat. Xi knows that China’s oft-stated claim […]

Meeting President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Uzbekistan, Xi Jinping struggled not to squirm on Thursday.

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