A new world order? Putin and Xi put friendship on display
(Worthy News)– At first sight, things look very different now. When President Xi Jinping of China took pride of place next to Vladimir Putin of Russia on Saturday, they looked like any other modern world leaders: pragmatic men-in-suits, full of smiles, temporary possessors of power rather than dictators-for-life, UK Telegraph.
The line-up of leaders alongside the two men was a walking representation of a new anti-American alliance that has formed bit by bit since the invasion of Iraq demonstrated the frightening ease with which Washington could destroy hostile leaders far away.
Alongside Mr Xi were Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Raúl Castro of Cuba, Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela: standouts against what Mr Putin called a unipolar world, his code phrase for the spread of western-style democracy. –[wp_colorbox_media url=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11594736/A-new-world-order-Putin-and-Xi-put-friendship-on-display.html” type=”iframe” hyperlink=”Source”]