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China Might Already Regret Taking Sides With Putin
Xi Jinping seems to be getting a lot more than he bargained for in this partnership.
In happier times.
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Throughout the global democratic recession, one of the big fears has been all the budding autocrats teaming up to be oppressive and nationalistic together, maybe kick some puppies along the way, as a treat. Even after famous autocrat admirer Donald Trump wounded this budding Axis of Unpleasantness by losing the White House, Vladimir Putin found a powerful new bestie in China’s Xi Jinping, a partnership memorialized at the Olympics last month.