This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Batser. Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,

traveling to Moscow to meet with the President of the Russian Federation to discuss the relationship between the two countries.

Economic relationship China has benefited extremely in the

discount of the price of oil and natural gas since the sanctions

against Russia for the Ukrainian invasion. At the same time, the possibility of discussing weapons

in some fashion, flowing to the Russians who are said to be either low on ammo or in need of material support everywhere.

Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, my colleague and co-host for many years.

But I turned to another story that is attached to this story of the meeting of adversaries of the United States and NATO and Moscow.

But it isn't obvious how it connects.

This is an NBC reporting in these last hours, Carol Lee and Courtney Cube.

The White House has sought in recent weeks to tamp down its rhetoric about China, possibly providing Russia with leaf-laid, for use in Ukraine.

An effort aimed at reducing heightened tensions, particularly ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with President Putin.

According to four current administration officials and three former officials, so seven sources, four current three former, a significant number.

We can count on this report being credible.

Gordon, thank you very much for this. How to interpret this softening or tamping down is a euphemism for softening.

The rhetoric towards Moscow. I go through just casually the Chips Act, the banning of TikTok discussed.

The Huawei pushed aside from the United States and many of our allies because it's untrustworthy.

The statements by the FBI repeatedly that China is a bad actor sending agents, espionage agents, all through American society.

As reason to believe that the Biden administration, in addition to the tariffs that it continued from Donald Trump's administration, has been extremely confrontational about China.

Tamping down, is this a surprise and what does it mean, Gordon?

I think it means that the Biden administration wants to keep lines of communication open to China, it wants China's cooperation on climate change and other initiatives.

And I guess they're worried that as people have charged that the Biden administration is pushing China into Russia's arms.

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