Xi Jinping finally visited Putin in Moscow, and he did so just after it became known that the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president. Putin wanted this visit to become the confirmation of the new alliance between Moscow and Beijing, but the Chinese leader had other plans. The People’s Republic of China now wants to profit from the war in Ukraine, but it does not want to do so hand-in-hand with Russia, rather by taking advantage of Russia. This coincides with t
