China says relationship with Russia is 'new model for the world'

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian praised the country’s relationship with Russia as Western powers pressure Beijing to condemn the war in Ukraine.”An important takeaway from the success of China-Russia relations is that both sides move beyond the Cold War-era political and military alliance model, and commit to developing a new model of international relations based on non-confrontational and non-confrontational. not attack other countries,” Lijian said during a press conference. “This is fundamentally different from the Cold War mentality behind some countries’ efforts for cliques and zero-sum games. “, continued.China and the US have conflicting positions on the war in…