{"id":593631,"date":"2026-05-20T02:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593631\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T02:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:50:15","slug":"putin-to-meet-xi-in-china-days-after-trump-visit-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593631\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin to meet Xi in China days after Trump visit &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A highly uneven relationshippublished at 03:47 BST<\/p>\n<p>03:47 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\">Ankur Shah<br \/>Editor, BBC Global China Unit<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Made in Russia stand at an expo in China\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/22175e37-ff2f-42a2-987e-4fefb3c18b41.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1022\" height=\"575\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The relationship between China and Russia is highly uneven, and any deals struck between the two countries will likely be on Chinese terms, says Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center think tank. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Russia is fully in China&#8217;s pocket, and China can dictate the terms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moscow has become increasingly dependent on Chinese components for its war machine. Years of Western sanctions have also gradually pushed Moscow deeper into trade engagement with Beijing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">China is Russia&#8217;s largest trading partner, while Russia makes up just 4% of China&#8217;s international trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Moscow has few viable alternatives to Beijing, a buyer that offers a scale of demand and market integral to Russia&#8217;s survival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Were China to lower its trade with Russia, considering the breakdown of relations with the West, it would significantly complicate Russia&#8217;s foreign policy objectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A highly uneven relationshippublished at 03:47 BST 03:47 BST Ankur ShahEditor, BBC Global China Unit Image source, AFP&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-593631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}