- China, Russia should steadily expand mutual investment
- Should create new growth points for cooperation
- To cooperate in areas such as AI, digital economy, and green development
- To also carry out cooperation in traditional fields such as energy, agriculture
It's all about the optics. After meeting with Trump last week, Xi is making it known that China's ties with Russia are still very much clear for all to see. As mentioned last week, nothing has really changed. Beijing will step up some agriculture purchases to appease Trump in the short-term but we've seen before how they will slowly lax on that commitment.