The trip will be China's biggest show of support for Putin since the war began.
March 19, 2023, 8:27 AMChinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019.Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a significant moment, punching a hole in the international isolation that's surrounded Putin since the start of hisand signaling China now sees far less need to publicly distance itself from Putin amid the war.
This combination photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022, and China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2019.Three weeks before the invasion Putin travelled to Beijing where he and Xi declared a "partnership with no limits." But during the war, China in practice has observed substantial limits on the level of its support for Russia.
China's commitment to Russia will face fresh pressure following the International Criminal Court's announcement Friday offor Putin on war crimes charges. The announcement casts an uncomfortable shadow over Xi's trip: China is not party to the ICC and does not recognize the warrant, but an enthusiastic public embrace of Putin will again undermine Beijing's efforts to present itself as neutral, just as it is pushing to be seen as a potential peacemaker.
"China's vague plan is aimed not at actually ending the war, but at impressing the developing world and rebutting accusations that Beijing has become a silent accomplice to Moscow," Gabuev wrote inGabuev said the peace proposal in reality was meant to provide "diplomatic cover" for Xi's Moscow trip and support for Russia.
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