The partnership between #Russia and #China is a “fundamental alignment” and it is growing more closely together — a major source of concern for Washington, senior administration official tells reporters on Secretary Blinken’s plane, adding that it is time for US to up its game.
Official says Beijing and Moscow are working together to undermine Washington and the fact that Xi and Putin met at the Olympics in the middle of a major escalation and declared a deeper partnership show that #China views #Russia’s actions in #Ukraine as legitimate
US official says while there are “anxieties” within the bureaucracies of #China and #Russia about the other, that’s not the case at the leader level and the relationship is driven by Xi and Putin.
US official says they’ve been very clear with #China in their private diplomacy that Washington is annoyed with their actions and will respond by taking action against some Russian firms, some of which have relations with Chinese firms.
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