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China and Russia: the new balance of power

Best of frenemies

TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 20, 2023. (Photo by Sergei KARPUKHIN / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI KARPUKHIN/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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More than a year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, how has the war reshaped global politics? Our editors discuss the evolving relationship between China and Russia, and what it might mean for the rest of the world.

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