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Podcast: What’s Behind Xi Jinping’s Visit to Moscow?

Following Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Moscow, this episode of the podcast is devoted to the ever-evolving relationship between Russia and China.

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By Alexander Gabuev, Vita Spivak, Yanmei Xie
Published on Mar 24, 2023
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Why did Xi Jinping choose to visit Moscow at a time when Russia has been ostracized by the global community for its invasion of Ukraine? Did both sides get what they wanted from the visit? Has Russia resigned itself to being the junior partner in this burgeoning relationship? What is China’s agenda in putting forward a peace plan for Ukraine? Podcast host Alexander Gabuev is joined by Yanmei Xie, a geopolitics analyst at Gavekal Research, and Vita Spivak, an analyst at Control Risks and non-resident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Alexander Gabuev
Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Alexander Gabuev
Vita Spivak
Former Nonresident Scholar
Vita Spivak
Yanmei Xie

Yanmei Xie is a geopolitics analyst at Gavekal Research. She previously worked as a journalist in Washington, covering U.S. national politics, and as a senior analyst at International Crisis Group.

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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