Last March, as Chinese President Xi Jinping was finishing a state visit to Russia, he bid an emotional farewell to his host, President Vladimir Putin.
¡°Right now there are changes the likes of which we haven¡¯t seen for 100 years,¡± the Chinese leader said, alluding to their common goal to overturn the U.S.-led global order, ¡°and we are the ones driving these changes together.¡±
Last month, Xi left China for the second time this year, bound for Johannesburg for the 15th summit meeting of BRICS, the five-nation grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, The three-day summit was a transformative affair, with the group more than doubling its size by accepting six new members: Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia.
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