Analysis: China’s Xi takes ‘diplomatic dance’ to Russia

Summary China’s Xi to visit Russia Monday to Wednesday Russia’s Putin increasingly isolated over Ukraine war Xi’s trip follows diplomatic coup on Saudi-Iran detente China trade a key source of revenue for Russia March 18 (Reuters) – Xi Jinping walks a diplomatic tightrope as he heads to Moscow, seeking to present China as a global peacemaker while strengthening ties with his closest ally, President Vladimir Putin, who faces criminal charges over his Ukraine war. Leaving on Monday for his first trip overseas since securing a third term as president, Xi will seek to burnish Beijing’s diplomatic clout after it brokered…