As Chinese and Russian presidents met in Moscow, Western politicians had quite a few fraught days. What could they be talking about other than countering the West, they reasoned.
Photo shows a metro station of the Big Circle Line constructed by a Chinese company in Moscow, Russia. (People's Daily/Yu Hongjian) China-Russia relations have always maintained a healthy development momentum over recent years.
JIN DING/CHINA DAILY President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia from Monday to Wednesday is his first foreign trip after being re-elected China's president earlier this month. The visit has drawn international attention because it comes just after the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and many expect Xi to promote peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
Photo shows the Huaming Park, a Chinese commerce center in Moscow. (Photo courtesy of the Huaming Park) During his three-day visit to Russia starting on March 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks on the bilateral ties and major regional and international issues of mutual interest, and reached new, important common understandings in many fields.
