Xi’s answer to America’s strategic shift to Asia: Closer ties with Moscow

Special to WorldTribune.com

By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com

General Secretary and Commander-in-chief Xi Jinping is set to continue the “pro-Russian” policy of his predecessor, Hu Jintao, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership becomes more nervous than ever over Washington’s perceived “anti-China containment policy.”

Xi Jinping with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Beijing on Jan. 8. /Xinhua

While meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Beijing on Jan. 8, Xi said that “China-Russian ties will receive priority treatment” in the country’s foreign relations. …

Xi also called on both countries to “strengthen mutual political support and coordination in international and regional affairs so as to create a peaceful, secure and stable external environment for their development and revitalization.”

Following Hu’s lead, Xi called China’s relations with Russia a “bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination.”

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