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Putin in Beijing May 19–20, Xi joint statement on 25-year pact

Four days after Trump's Beijing summit, Putin arrives at Xi's invitation to mark the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russia Good Neighbor Treaty with high-level joint statements and bilateral documents. The trilateral shift signals geopolitical turbulence, arriving after Trump-Xi ended empty-handed on Taiwan and Iran.

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