
Financial Times
Jan 17, 2023 - 19 min
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Could President Xi Jinping be open to new relations with the US? Once Russia's devoted partner, amidst the global outrage towards Putin's growing aggression toward Ukraine, China has quietly distanced itself from the Kremlin by withholding military aid and suspending some economic and scientific cooperation. Although still publicly supporting the war, Michael Hirsh explains why China's economy is suffering under their draconian COVID-19 lockdown - they need to remain a part of the international system that Putin is violently divorcing himself from.