China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US

state visits to China but which did not happen during Trump’s – reiterating their close ties and a desire for a “multipolar world.”

The joint criticism of the US dominance included Xi and Putin denouncing Trump’s plan to build a multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense system.

“The parties believe that the US ‘Golden Dome’ project … poses a clear continue reading …