least when it comes to the issue with ukraine, china didn t recognize russia, annexing crimea in 2014. china and ukraine are strong trading partners with each other. where do you see this dynamic going. i think president putin will push as much as he can to extend russia s influence and taking crimea and pushing them in ukraine. to a large degree, much of this, that is president putin, president xi, depend somewhat on their perception of the strength of the united states. declining a little bit, if that s the case, maybe president putin and president xi could be more successful and any pressure they put on the united states or any efforts they re trying to undertake. so much of this comes down to the perception of strength. if we americans reject strength,
beijing. they put in delegation. they cut the visit from three days to one. if you look at this declaration, it s not an alliance. putin gave everything china wanted including recognition of their rights to taiwan and promised to fight the so-called disinformation about the origin of covid. but china didn t mention ukraine, didn t mention crimea. basically putin is doing china s bidding. the way in beijing demonstrates that xi jinping knows that putin is bluffing. he s seen his cards and knows he has a lousy handle. he s got a lousy hand. kristen, what is the white house saying about this potential alliance between china and russia? reporter: they have made the point, steph, that diplomacy is key here, not just in terms of
hoping to showcase the positive power of sport and the strength and resilience of para athletes. but eight years since the sochi winter paralympics began under the cloud of russia s invasion of crimea, these games in beijing open amid another conflict, another crisis, russia s invasion of ukraine. i am horrified at what is taking place in the world right now. the 21st century is a time for dialogue and diplomacy, not war and hate! but this was a message the state broadcaster in china didn t let chinese audiences hear. more than 600 athletes will compete on the snow and ice for 78 gold medals. but as many of them paraded today in the birds nest, there were none from russia or belarus, after they were banned from the games, punished for their governments actions. moscow described that
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nervous about what putin has done. they just signed this agreement with him during the olympics, the opening days of the olympics that called for a much closer participation between the russian military and the chinese military, that called for a common strategic view. and then all of a sudden he does exactly what the chinese foreign minister warned him at the munich security conference, china didn t want to see, which is roll over the borders of a sovereign nation. in fact, chinese said sovereignty is a key part of the belief of how their world is organized and that includes ukraine, the chinese foreign minister says. three days later, runs into ukraine, so my guess is the chinese are nervous about it. they re probably not so nervous at this point that they are going to denounce him. they may quietly guest that he