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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Sep 1, 2025, 11:13 PM Monday

Xi and Putin stand shoulder to shoulder as China casts itself an alternative global leader - CNN



Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a veiled swipe at the United States on Monday as he criticized “bullying practices” and cast his country as a new leader of world governance, at a time when President Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy is upending the globe.

“The house rules of a few countries should not be imposed on others,” Xi told more than 20 world leaders gathering at a two-day summit orchestrated to play-up China’s global leadership and its close and enduring partnership with Russia, as the two neighbors seek to rebalance global power in their favor at the expense of the US and its allies.

The meeting of the Beijing- and Moscow- backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the northern port city of Tianjin is China’s biggest diplomatic event of the year, drawing political heavyweights including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

CNN correspondent Marc Stewart reports from Beijing. - Aired on 09/01/2025.

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Xi and Putin stand shoulder to shoulder as China casts itself an alternative global leader - CNN (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Monday OP
This was inevitable and it's going to get worse. Klarkashton Monday #1
And it's all due to a convicted felon thinking he knows how to run this country for his own benefit Rhiannon12866 Monday #2
He has a warped mind that's out for revenge and it can't be stopped. Klarkashton Yesterday #4
Agreed, he sees this term as his chance for revenge and he's now going after Republicans who crossed him Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #6
I would point out to Vlad that Viet Nam kicked China's butt twice after the US left. Twice. marble falls Yesterday #3
Excellent point, thanks! Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #5

Klarkashton

(3,783 posts)
1. This was inevitable and it's going to get worse.
Mon Sep 1, 2025, 11:43 PM
Monday

The USA is headed into the toilet of history all the while a few billionaires head off to some goddamn islands someplace with all the money.

Rhiannon12866

(241,832 posts)
2. And it's all due to a convicted felon thinking he knows how to run this country for his own benefit
Mon Sep 1, 2025, 11:47 PM
Monday

Klarkashton

(3,783 posts)
4. He has a warped mind that's out for revenge and it can't be stopped.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:34 AM
Yesterday

He is doing insane shit

Rhiannon12866

(241,832 posts)
6. Agreed, he sees this term as his chance for revenge and he's now going after Republicans who crossed him
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:38 AM
Yesterday

marble falls

(67,814 posts)
3. I would point out to Vlad that Viet Nam kicked China's butt twice after the US left. Twice.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:06 AM
Yesterday

Sino-Vietnamese War

War between the People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1979
The Sino-Vietnamese War was a brief conflict that occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. The conflict lasted for about a month, with China withdrawing its troops in March 1979. In February 1979, Chinese forces launched a surprise invasion of northern Vietnam and quickly captured several cities near the border. On 6 March of that year, China declared that its punitive mission had been accomplished. Chinese troops then withdrew from Vietnam. Vietnam continued to occupy Cambodia until 1989, suggesting that China failed to achieve one of its stated aims of dissuading Vietnam from involvement in Cambodia. China's operation at least forced Vietnam to withdraw the 2nd Corps, from the invasion forces of Cambodia to reinforce the defense of Hanoi.[13] Additionally, it demonstrated that the Soviet Union, China's Cold War communist adversary, was unable to protect its Vietnamese ally.[14] The conflict had a lasting impact on the relationship between China and Vietnam, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were not fully restored until 1991, following the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Sino-Vietnamese land border was formally agreed upon in 1999.

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