China's place in the Russia-Ukraine war

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. and NATO have warned Beijing not to back its ally. What China chooses to do now will have worldwide implications for years to come. We talk about it. Tong Zhao, Dr. Yangyang Cheng and Oriana Skylar Mastro join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:23.8	Last month, as China prepared to open the Beijing Winter Olympic Games,
0:28.6	President Xi Jinping met with Russia's president Vladimir Putin.
0:32.9	I'm glad to hold the first in-person meeting
0:38.7	with President Putin in more than two years,
0:41.0	President Xi said.
0:42.7	We believe this new spring meeting will inject more vitality
0:46.8	into China-Russia relations.
0:49.8	Xi and Putin declared their two countries had a partnership
0:52.9	with quote, no limits.
0:55.6	That meeting took place on February 4th.
0:59.3	At the same time, the Biden administration had been warning the world
1:02.5	that Russia was about to invade Ukraine.
1:05.4	Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated that warning
1:08.6	at the United Nations Security Council on February 17th.
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