Putin wants 3 things from Xi as he seeks to deepen Russia-China ties, analyst says
Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China this week is the latest sign of deepening strategic ties between both sides. Putin will make a two-day state visit to China from Thursday at the invitation of Xi, it was announced on Tuesday. This will be the Russian leader's first overseas trip since Putin kicked off his fifth term in office last week. It comes amid the Kremlin's growing reliance on China for trade and political backing as it seeks to strengthen its "no limits" partnership with Beijing on various fronts. "It's pretty clear that for these last two years, Putin has wanted three things from China," Max Hess, fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Wednesday. He wan
