Here, Xi has been aided by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s evident disdain for the US and the West. China shares Russia’s suspicions in this regard; indeed, Xi proclaimed that, in terms of geopolitics, Russia and China “speak a common language.”
习在向印度示好的同时也在与中国的另一大型邻国俄罗斯发展关系。习充分利用了俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京对美国和西方的明显轻视。在这方面中国也有着同样的疑虑；事实上，习近平宣布俄中两国在地缘政治领域“拥有众多的共同利益。”