and political ties between the two countries following talks between the two in moscow. at a news conference in the last hour and a half, the pair announced increasing economic partnerships, and said they would deepen co operation between their armed forces. president putin praised china s plan to end the war in ukraine, saying the proposals could form the basis for a peace settlement. however there were no further details of the plans, and they are unlikely to be acceptable to the ukraine government. the russian leader said moscow would help chinese businesses replace western firms that had abandoned operations in russia due to sanctions. president xi, meanwhile, described their discussions as friendly, frank, and fruitful. it s the chinese leader s second day in moscow our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley sent this report earlier. it s a visit being watched around the world for what its global consequences could be. according to the chinese president, his meet
you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to impose the largest single hike in a quarter of a century. here to discuss all that are marc roche, an economist and journalist who was born in belgium, and writes from here for the french news magazine, le point. isabel hilton, who s been a foreign correspondent and broadcaster she founded china dialogue, an independent organisation concerned with the environmental challenges facing that country. and with us in spirit, if not in person because a family member has covid yasmin alibhai brown. she was forced to flee her native uganda by idi amin the 50th amnniversary of the expulsion of as
Correspondent has more on those developments. If the west wants to stop russias advances in ukraine, they know here is one place they know here is one place they can do that. Now, beijing is not supplying moscow with weapons, but the west believes it is supplying russia with components that it can use in its war machine. The us has a raft of new sanctions at the ready, this time to target chinese banks. So president xi has a decision to make. For more on that relationship, i spoke to a former Us Ambassador to china from 2011 to 2014. Vladimir putin really wanted to play up Vladimir Putin really wanted to play up the significance of this meeting with xi jinping play up the significance of this meeting with xijinping in china, and he said that he and xi are as close as brothers. Do you think xijinping xi are as close as brothers. Do you think xi jinping sees xi are as close as brothers. Do you think xijinping sees it that way . You think xi jinping sees it that way . You think xi jinping
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