Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. The meeting was a show of solidarity between the two countries as both are in standoff with Western nations over Ukraine and Taiwan. The World’s Carol Hills speaks with Timothy Frye, professor of post-Soviet foreign policy at Columbia University, about the strength and complexities of the Chinese-Russian relationship.
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