Pax Sinica: China and the New Russia

Pax Sinica: China and the New Russia

Posted by: Akio Kawato

Friday, November 14, 2014 | http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=57228&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokvq7BZKXonjHpfsX57uQsW6Sg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YEERcZ0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is consolidating power. The APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit in Beijing smacked of an ancient imperial pageant, to which foreign kings were summoned to pay tribute to and win the favor of the great Chinese emperor.
Russian King Vladimir Putin got an ambiguous promise from Xi Jinping that China will someday import natural gas through the Altai; Japanese King Shinzo Abe was granted an audience with Xi Jinping, indicating that Japan and China may end their dangerous confrontation; and the great American King Barack Obama was assured that China will not rule the world alone—yet.http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=57228&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokvq7BZKXonjHpfsX57uQsW6Sg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YEERcZ0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D