A vaunted 'new 時代' of 戦略の 共同 between ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin and his 相当するもの Xi Jinping may not 正確に/まさに have been 調印(する)d with a kiss, but it did lead to rare 抱擁するs between them.

強調するing the importance of Xi's support for the Kremlin, Putin 長,率いるd to Beijing earlier this week in what was his first trip abroad since his March re-選挙 and the second in just over six months to 中国.

Russia, grappling with Western 許可/制裁s after its 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国, is ますます reliant on its にわか景気ing 貿易(する) with 中国, which is challenging US 最高位 in areas from quantum 計算するing to スパイ and hard 軍の 力/強力にする.?

And although 大統領 Xi, in keeping with the tenets of 中国's political culture, is not known for effusive 陳列する,発揮するs of warmth, he gripped Putin tightly by the shoulders and pulled him in for a pair of 会社/堅い, if awkwa rd, 抱擁するs.

(映画の)フィート数 from 明言する/公表する 放送者 CCTV showing the leaders enjoying the uncharacteristic embrace in the evening 空気/公表する of the Zhongnanhai leadership 構内/化合物 in the Chinese 資本/首都 as 補佐官s and 公式の/役人s fawned and clapped from the sidelines.

大統領 Xi is not known for effusive 陳列する,発揮するs of warmth, but he pulled Putin in for a pair of 会社/堅い, if ぎこちない, 抱擁するs

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin embrace each other after an informal meeting in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping, left, and ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin embrace each other after an informal 会合 in Beijing, 中国, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping, 権利, and ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake 手渡すs 事前の to their 会談 in Beijing, 中国, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) are seen during an informal meeting in Beijing, China, 16 May 2024

ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin (2L) and Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping (R) are seen during an informal 会合 in Beijing, 中国, 16 May 2024

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping hold an informal meeting at Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's 大統領 Vladimir Putin and 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping 持つ/拘留する an informal 会合 at Zhongnanhai leadership 構内/化合物 in Beijing on May 16, 2024

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, talks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a welcome ceremony at th
e Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 16, 2024

In this photo 解放(する)d by Xinhua News 機関, Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping, left, 会談 to ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin during a welcome 儀式 at the 広大な/多数の/重要な Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 16, 2024

The cuddles (機の)カム に引き続いて an informal tea and dinner event last night considered to be the 重要な 開会/開廷/会期 of Putin's two-day visit to 中国.

Putin then flew to the ロシアの-影響(力)d city of Harbin in the northeast, where he was 予定 to spend Friday before returning to Moscow.

Hours earlier the leaders had 調印するd a 非常に長い 声明 that sharpened their 対立 to a US-led world order and 誓約(する)d 協調 across fields 範囲ing from space and 核の 科学(工学)技術s to 財政/金融 and 製造業の.

'The 中国-Russia 関係 is hard earned, and the two 味方するs need to 心にいだく and 養育する it,' Xi said.

The embrace between the two leaders still stopped 井戸/弁護士席 short of the 十分な '社会主義者 fraternal kiss' favoured by the likes of Soviet Union's Leonid Brezhnev at the 高さ of the 冷淡な War.

But Putin あられ/賞賛するd the 'warm and comradely' 会談 - the lates t step in the consolidation of a 関係 they でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れる as a buttress against the 干渉 West, 急いでing a 転換 in the international order に向かって multipolarity.

He 述べるd Moscow and Beijing's 協調 in world 事件/事情/状勢s as one of the main stabilising factors in the international 円形競技場.

Yet their 強調 on the 共同, most 分析家s and commentators agree that まっただ中に his continuing war, it is Putin who needs this 関係 more than Xi.?

中国 has 証明するd an 経済的な lifeline for?Russia after The West slapped Moscow with 前例のない 許可/制裁s over ウクライナ共和国, and Putin has spoken very 高度に of his Chinese 相当するもの while waxing lyrical over his 賞賛 for Chinese culture - even commenting that members of his family are learning 蜜柑.?

Most analysts and commentators agree that Putin needs this relationship more than Xi

Most 分析家s and commentators agree that Putin needs this 関係 more than Xi

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's 大統領 Vladimir Putin and 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping …に出席する an 公式の/役人 welcoming 儀式 in 前線 of the 広大な/多数の/重要な Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian P
resident Vladimir Putin review the honour guard during an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping, left, and ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin review the honour guard during an 公式の/役人 welcome 儀式 in Beijing, 中国, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's 大統領 Vladimir Putin and 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping …に出席する a 調印 儀式 に引き続いて their 会談 in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchange bilateral documents during a meeting in Beijing, China May 16, 2024

ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin and Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping 交流 二国間の/相互の 文書s during a 会合 in Beijing, 中国 May 16, 2024

Upon his arrival earlier this week Putin was 迎える/歓迎するd by Xi at a grand welcoming 儀式 outside Beijing's 広大な/多数の/重要な Hall of the People which rolled out the red carpet and received the ロシアの 大統領 with a guard of honour.?

The 国家の 国家s of both countries and 戦争の tunes played as the two leaders met.

The ロシアの leader's arrival (機の)カム hours after he あられ/賞賛するd his country's 軍隊/機動隊s for 前進するing on 'all 前線s' on the 戦場 in ウクライナ共和国, に引き続いて a major new ground 強襲,強姦.

'This is Putin's first trip after his 就任(式)/開始, and it is therefore ーするつもりであるd to show that Sino-ロシアの relations are moving up anothe r level,' 独立した・無所属 ロシアの political 分析家 Konstantin Kalachev said.

'Not to について言及する the visibly sincere personal friendship between the two leaders.'

But their 経済的な 共同 has come under の近くに scrutiny from the West in 最近の months.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping, 権利, and ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin …に出席する an 公式の/役人 welcome 儀式 in Beijing, 中国, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's 大統領 Vladimir Putin and 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping …に出席する an 公式の/役人 welcoming 儀式 in 前線 of the 広大な/多数の/重要な Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping walk prior to their talks in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's 大統領 Vladimir Putin and 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping walk 事前の to their 会談 in Beijing on May 16, 2024

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024

In this pool photograph 分配するd by the ロシアの 明言する/公表する 機関 スプートニク, Russia's 大統領 Vladimir Putin and 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping …に出席する an 公式の/役人 welcoming 儀式 in 前線 of the 広大な/多数の/重要な Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Putin was welcomed by Xi and a guard of honour

Putin was welcomed by Xi and a guard of h onour

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16

ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin …に出席するs 会談 with Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping in Beijing, 中国, on Thursday, May 16

120 mm mortar crew fires shells at Russian positions as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on April 27, 2024

120 mm 迫撃砲 乗組員 解雇する/砲火/射撃s 爆撃するs at ロシアの positions as the war between Russia and ウクライナ共和国 continues in Chasiv Yar, ウクライナ共和国 on April 27, 2024

A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut on November 8, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

A Ukrainian 兵士 of an 大砲 部隊 解雇する/砲火/射撃s に向かって ロシアの positions outside Bakhmut on November 8, 2022, まっただ中に the ロシアの 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国

US 国務長官 Antony Blinken, who met Xi in Beijing last month, 警告するd 中国's support for Russia's '残虐な war of 侵略' in ウクライナ共和国 had helped Russia ramp up 生産/産物 of ロケット/急騰するs, drones and 戦車/タンクs - while stopping short of direct 武器 輸出(する)s.

一方/合間 Xi, who returned last week from a three-nation 小旅行する of Europe, has enjoyed cheap ロシアの energy 輸入するs and 接近 to 広大な natural 資源s, 含むing 安定した gas 出荷/船積みs 経由で the 力/強力にする of Siberia pipeline.?

中国 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs to be a 中立の party in the ウクライナ共和国 衝突, which it has never 非難するd and in which it has sought to でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れる itself as a 調停者.

Putin, in an interview published in Xinhua ahead of his visit, あられ/賞賛するd Beijing's '本物の 願望(する)' to help 解決する the ウクライナ共和国 危機.

中国-Russia 貿易(する) has にわか景気d since the ウクライナ共和国 侵略 and 攻撃する,衝突する $240 billion in 2023, によれば Chinese customs 人物/姿/数字s.

But after Washington 公約するd to go after 財政上の 会・原則s that 容易にする Moscow, Chinese 輸出(する)s to Russia dipped during March and April, 負かす/撃墜する from a 殺到する 早期に in the year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 16, 2024

ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin and Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping …に出席する 会談 at the 広大な/多数の/重要な Hall of the People in Beijing, 中国 May 16, 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands prior to talks in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping, 権利, and ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin shake 手渡すs 事前の to 会談 in Beijing, 中国, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin …に出席するs 会談 with Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping in Beijing, 中国, on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Russia's national flag flies beside the Chinese flag in front of Tiananmen Gate next to Tiananmen S
quare, during the state visit of Russia's president Vladimir Putin in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russia's 国家の 旗 飛行機で行くs beside the Chinese 旗 in 前線 of Tiananmen Gate next to Tiananmen Square, during the 公式訪問 of Russia's 大統領,/社長 Vladimir Putin in Beijing on May 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) talk during a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2024

ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping (R) talk during a 二国間の/相互の 会合 on May 16, 2024

Ukrainian soldiers at the artillery position in an unidentified area on the Adiivka frontline prepare to fire the D 30 gun as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Adiivka

Ukrainian 兵士s at the 大砲 position in an 身元不明の area on the Adiivka frontline 準備する to 解雇する/砲火/射撃 the D 30 gun as the war between Russia and ウクライナ共和国 continues in Adiivka

Ukrainian servicemen who recently returned from the trenches of Bakhmut walk on a street in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen who re cently returned from the ざん壕s of Bakhmut walk on a street in Chasiv Yar, ウクライナ共和国

An (n)役員/(a)執行力のある order by 大統領 Joe Biden in December 許すs 第2位 許可/制裁s on foreign banks that を取り引きする Russia's war machine, 許すing the US 財務省 to 削減(する) them out of the dollar-led 全世界の 財政上の system.

That, coupled with 最近の 成果/努力s to 再構築する fractured 関係 with the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, may make Beijing 気が進まない to 率直に 押し進める more 協調 with Russia - にもかかわらず what Moscow may want, 分析家s said.

Eight people from both countries 伴う/関わるd in cross-国境 貿易(する) told AFP in 最近の days that several Chinese banks have 停止(させる)d or slowed 処理/取引s with ロシアの (弁護士の)依頼人s.