kremlin. in a recent phone call with u.s. secretary of state antony blinken, chinese foreign minister stressed that russia s reasonable security concerns should be taken seriously and resolved. this will be the 38th time that president xi and president putin have met face to face since president xi took power here back in 2013. these frequent interactions, a sign of increasingly close bilateral ties, despite how different the two leaders are. the images tell it all. the pair in 2018 happily sampling together a traditional chinese pancake. a few months later they made a russian version of the dish, complete with caviar and vodka. they visited with china s iconic pandas the following here and took in an ice hockey game. later, basking in a sunset boat tour. the cozy china/russia relationship not stopping the u.s. from trying to sway china on the ukraine crisis. we are calling on beijing to
which of course if you are a driver, is very difficult and so some are taking precautions, trying to avoid the worst consequences while remaining here. others are digging in, leaving their trucks where they are and others are simply leaving entirely. we have seen some leaving parliament hill in front of me, driving by, the police check in with them and then they leave so there is a mixed reaction. i have to say how different the mood is, behind me it s very tense, they are shouting freedom in french and english and ahead of me there was an ice hockey game, hockey game played in front of parliament hill. there was still some horns, music, that has died down now but it s just to say no matter where you are in the city right now, the mood is very different depending on where the police are.
and so some are taking precautions, trying to avoid the worst consequences while remaining here. others are digging in, leaving their trucks where they are and others are simply leaving entirely. we have seen some leaving parliament hill in front of me, driving by, the police check in with them and then they leave so there is a mixed reaction. i have to say how different the mood is, behind me it s very tense, they are shouting freedom in french and english and ahead of me there was an ice hockey game, hockey game played in front of parliament hill. there was still some horns, music, that has died down now but it s just to say no matter where you are in the city right now, the mood is very different depending on where the police are. briefly, away from the protests, what are the residents saying? residents who live in the downtown are surrounded by a police perimeter
behind me it s very tense, they are shouting freedom in french and english and ahead of me there was an ice hockey game, hockey game played in front parliament hill. there was still some horns, music, that has died down now but it s just to say no matter where you are in the city right now, the mood is very different depending on where the police are.- where the police are. briefly, away from where the police are. briefly, away from the where the police are. briefly, away from the protests, - where the police are. briefly,j away from the protests, what are the residents saying? residents who live in the downtown are surrounded by a police perimeter so they have 100 checkpoints set down across the downtown and what that means is that lives are being encumbered right now as police moved in but i think they are generally happier to see this change in the disruption in their lives because for the last three weeks, it s been a very different mood and they have not felt safe and now the
a man that he calls his best friend. david culver is out front in shanghai. reporter: a friendship on full display. china s xi jinping hosting his northern neighbor and fellow autocrat, vladimir putin, in 2018. the pair happily sampling together a traditional chinese pancake. a few months later, they made a russian version of the dish, complete with caviar and vodka. they have visited with china s iconic pandas together and have taken in an ice hockey game. the cozy china-russia relationship resulting in 38 face-to-face meetings since xi took power in 2013. state media says the pair has communicated more than 100 times, including phone calls and letters. putin is also my best and dearest friend. translator: for me, he is a good partner and a good friend that i can count on. reporter: both men nearing 70 but showing no desire to step aside. xi and putin have worked to eradicate collective leadership