Beware Putin amid US-China rivalry, Hillary Clinton warns at Singapore forum on emerging new world order


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Amid the United States ’ rivalry with China , Washington and its Western allies must remain wary of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his use of dubious “non-state actors” to sharpen his global projection of power, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. Speaking via video link on the final day of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore , Clinton noted that earlier expectations that Russia ’s border problems with a rising China would lead to improved ties with the West had not materialised. While Putin has sought to “hug China more” in the hope it would...