Why has Beijing become a major hub of global diplomacy?

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  through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  Welcome to The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

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  I'm Beijing.

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  Beijing as a focal point of international diplomacy.

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin is paying a state visit to China from May the 19th to the 20th,

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  just days after U.S.

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  President Donald Trump concluded his trip, placing China again at the center of international attention.

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  Now, this is Russian President Vladimir Putin's 25th visit to China.

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  25th, yes.

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  And this year marks several important milestones in China-Russia relations.

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  Continue to deepen on all fronts.

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  But if we zoom out, the visit is actually taking place against an interesting phenomenon

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  where Beijing seems to have become everyone's destination.

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  In less than half a year,

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  all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council will have visited China.

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  Why is this the case?

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  What does all that mean for you?

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  And should the West be worried?

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  To unpack all this and more,

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