“The choreography of the two welcomes appeared deliberately mirrored, designed to showcase Beijing’s ability to host leaders from Washington and Moscow with equal grandeur,” the newspaper said.
“But China also made sure the differences were noticed. Trump was met at the airport by China’s vice-president, a largely ceremonial role outside the Communist party’s real power structure, while Putin was welcomed by a sitting member of the politburo, the party’s top decision-making body, a subtle signal that China sees Moscow as a trusted partner of an emerging non-western world order led by Beijing.”
Despite the pageantry, The Guardian wrote, both summits produced modest results. The Trump
Kremlin officials had expressed hope for “concrete progress” before the Xi
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later acknowledged that timelines for implementing Power of Siberia