Ian Williams Ian Williams

Xi has made his choice: he is sticking with Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping (photo: Getty)

Xi Jinping has made his choice. He is sticking with his ‘best friend’ Vladimir Putin, and no end of Russian atrocities or wishful thinking in the west is going to alter that. Their axis of autocracy presents a far-reaching challenge to western democracies, which the UK in particular is struggling to come to terms with.

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