Xi tightens bonds with Moscow

The deepening bond between Beijing and Moscow, highlighted by Xi Jinping making Moscow his first port of call as Chinese president, has immense implications for the world - especially the United States.

Indeed, it appears that Washington may have made a failed attempt at a "divide and rule" stratagem before Xi's Russian trip. - Brendan O'Reilly (Mar 26, '13)

 Xi delivered a speech at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations that outlined his foreign policy vision and contained a thinly veiled condemnation of recent American doctrine:

We are now living in a rapidly changing world...Peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit have become the trend of our times. To keep up with the times, we cannot have ourselves physically living in the 21st century, but with a mindset belonging to the past, stalled in the old days of colonialism, and constrained by zero-sum Cold War mentality.

Xi went on to assert that close Sino-Russian relations help to "guarantee balance in the world". Xi's speech echoed official Chinese media, which often condemns the United States' attitude towards China as reminiscent of a "Cold War mentality". Clearly, from the Chinese perspective, solid ties with Russia serve to counterbalance America's unilateralist ambitions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin echoed Xi's optimism for the enhanced Sino-Russian bond. Putin stated, "We can already say this is a historic visit with positive results." 

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