Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.

China pushed back against recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring that Washington could never "sow discord" in its ties with Moscow. Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Russian Foreign Ministry via email for comment.

Weeks prior to Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the two reaffirmed the “no limits” partnership first mentioned by Beijing in 2021. Nato considers China a “decisive enabler” of the Kremlin’s war effort,

Chinese and Russian leaders hold phone call, reportedly initiated by Putin, on third anniversary of Ukraine war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the phone, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.

Senator Chris Van Hollen criticized President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s contentious Oval Office meeting, calling it “reprehensible.” The Maryland Democrat explained why he believes Trump sees himself as a strongman like Russian President Vladimir Putin or Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

China's President Xi Jinping had a call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday and said he was pleased with Moscow's efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine,

Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.

Russian leader expected to travel to Beijing for event marking 80 years since the end of World War II, according to sources.

China's President Xi Jinping affirmed his "no limits" partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, China's state media reported, on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and said he was pleased with Moscow’s efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine.