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This is the Friends Vista Debating Society.

I'm John Batchett with Professor H.J. Mackender and International Relations,

commenting on six capital six points of view, Beijing.

The Belden Road Initiative Forum, a lot of grinning, Vladimir Putin attended,

really the only time he's left Moscow with the exception of Kyrgyzstan last week

looking to pitch Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to do more business with Moscow.

They're small states.

The big one there is Uzbekistan by population and Kazakhstan by independent mood.

But in any event, he traveled to Beijing where he's not subject to arrest

by the International Criminal Court as a war criminal and spent time with Xi Jinping

saying they were talking confidential matters.

Xi Jinping watched Vladimir Putin waived him goodbye and now what's his point of view, Professor?

Well, the first thing we have to understand, I really take a board,

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