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China to continue deepening ‘no limits’ relationship with Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on Feb 4, 2022.

PHOTO: REUTERS

BEIJING - Most of the Western world has shunned Russia, which has become an international pariah one year into its invasion of Ukraine.

But Beijing has gone in the opposite direction and

much to the alarm of its neighbours, who increasingly see the two countries in alignment.