Xi stands with Putin against ‘international bullying’ amid Trump trade war

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for ceremonial talks connected Thursday for the archetypal clip since President Donald Trump exacerbated the U.S.-China commercialized warfare past month. 

In a connection astatine the apical of the meeting, Xi pledged to stand by his anti-Western state against "power politics" and "bullying connected the planetary stage."

"Eighty years ago, the peoples of China and Russia made tremendous sacrifices to unafraid a large victory, contributing an indelible section to the origin of satellite bid and quality progress," Xi said, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping speech documents during a signing ceremonial pursuing their talks astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow connected May 8, 2025. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

"Today, successful the look of unilateralist backflows and acts of powerfulness authorities and bullying connected the planetary stage, China volition articulation Russia successful shouldering our peculiar responsibilities arsenic large countries and imperishable members of the U.N. Security Council," helium added. 

The brace met connected what is considered Victory Day successful Europe, which marks the opening of the extremity of World War II, erstwhile the Allied nations accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany connected May 8, 1945, though Russia celebrates the day 1 time later. 

Japan did not surrender until September 1945, though Xi and Putin convened for a associated solemnisation which volition instrumentality spot successful Moscow’s Red Square connected Friday and volition see a ample contingent of Chinese troops. Leaders from 20 nations, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva, volition besides reportedly beryllium successful attendance.

While Xi appeared to instrumentality nonstop purpose astatine the U.S., which nether Trump has slapped 145% tariffs connected each Chinese exports, Putin’s connection was much toned down erstwhile helium said, "We are processing our ties successful the interests of some our peoples and not aimed against anyone."

Putin and Xi archetypal expanded their relationship conscionable up of Russia’s 2022 penetration of Ukraine, which resulted successful the West’s effort to isolate Moscow successful retaliation for the deadly war. 

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping conscionable on with their delegations successful Moscow connected May 8, 2025. (Alexey Nikolskiy/RIA Novosti/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Russia, China, Iran and North Korea person since deepened ties successful an confederation that has progressively acrophobic Western partners, though the Trump administration has looked to measurement distant from these divisions successful what immoderate person argued could weaken U.S. ties with Washington’s long-standing allies. 

Putin said the ties strengthened during its warfare years were "one of the cardinal foundations of modern Russian-Chinese relations".

"Together with our Chinese friends, we firmly basal defender implicit the humanities truth, support the representation of the events of the warfare years, and counteract modern manifestations of neo-Nazism and militarism," helium added successful notation to 1 of his long-debunked claims utilized to warrant his amerciable penetration of Ukraine. 

According to Russian quality outlet TASS, some Xi and Putin pledged to assistance play a relation successful the Trump administration’s propulsion to signifier a caller atomic statement with Iran. 

While some were cardinal players successful the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Trump abandoned successful 2018, it remains unclear however they mean to enactment successful this circular of negotiations facilitated by Oman. 

Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers march toward Red Square to rehearse for the Victory Day subject parade connected May 3, 2025, successful Moscow, Russia. (Tian Bing/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

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"The parties mean to play an progressive originative relation successful the colony astir the Iranian atomic program, emphasizing that it volition lend to maintaining the planetary atomic non-proliferation regime, bid and stableness successful the Middle East," the readout said. 

The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s questions regarding immoderate imaginable China-Russia engagement successful the talks.