Vendors in the Chinese border city of Heihe complain of a shortage of business

 

President Vladimir Putin is making a key trip to Russia's most important ally, China, that will seek to shore up an alliance against the West and celebrate China-Russia ties.

 

 

The small city of Heihe sits along China's border with Russia. Local tourists come here to peek into neighbouring Blagoveshchensk, just across the river, but there are not many of them.

A tour boat sits idle on the water, pumping out happy-sounding Chinese songs in an attempt to attract customers, but with nobody buying tickets it doesn't look like it's going to move all day.

Across the water, a Russian coastguard ship is parked, and officers pass the time doing exercises on deck in the autumn sun.

When Vladimir Putin visited Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics at the beginning of last year, he and Xi Jinping announced a new "no limits" partnership between their countries.

Now, with Russia's leader back in the Chinese capital, China's state media has been hailing the fruits of this relationship.

 

In one way, it has been beneficial for both governments. They can reassure one another when they are frozen out on the world stage, and images of their handshakes are useful to try to show their own people that all is normal, with such powerful friends standing together. However, business activity in their border zones does not appear to live up to the political rhetoric.

 

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IMO the anti west coalition will be gaining a few more supporters as some Middle East countries likely turn against America, because of it's support for israel.

22 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO the anti west coalition will be gaining a few more supporters as some Middle East countries likely turn against America, because of it's support for israel.

That’s exactly what that murderous thug is trying to do

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO the anti west coalition will be gaining a few more supporters as some Middle East countries likely turn against America, because of it's support for israel.

Care to support that with examples? You do realize that in many ME countries there's a difference between public sentiment and government policy, right? Which countries do you feel are 'likely' to turn against America?

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO the anti west coalition will be gaining a few more supporters as some Middle East countries likely turn against America, because of it's support for israel.

That will cheer you up, eh...............🥳