Photos from Putin's big meeting with China's Xi show no absurdly long tables but feature unexpectedly giant flags

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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At a high-stakes meeting in Moscow, China has to decide whether Putin's failure in Ukraine means it's time to cross a red line

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China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin together in Moscow on March 20, 2023.

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is heading to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Xi Jinping wants China's army to work closely with the country's tech giants, further blurring the lines between the military and civilian sectors

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China's President Xi Jinping swears under oath after being re-elected as president for a third term during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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China doesn't want Russia to lose in Ukraine. But Beijing's endgame is murky.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Brasilia
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Brasilia

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Blacklisted Chinese stocks have helped an asset manager in Norway beat 90% of peers this year, report says

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The Chinese flag.

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Chinese people fed up with the rat race are calling themselves 'huminerals' — human resources to be relentlessly exploited and discarded

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A Chinese office worker wears a protective mask as she waits to take a public bus after leaving work on March 2, 2020 in Beijing, China
A Chinese office worker wears a protective mask as she waits to take a public bus after leaving work on March 2, 2020 in Beijing, China

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China has U-turned on almost all major policies it put in place in the last 3 years — and it's not surprising, given the state of its economy

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Chinese President Xi Jinping's regime has reversed major policies in a bid to boost growth in the world's second-largest economy.

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NATO chief warns that Putin winning in Ukraine would signal to China it can achieve its goals through 'brute force'

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Chinese buyers of Russian oil are seeking to avoid reputation damage, one analyst said.

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