Panel: What to expect as China-Russia ties reach new heights?

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ramped up his 25th official visit to China.

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  It came as this year marks the 30th anniversary of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination

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  and 25 years since the signing of the Treaty of Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between the two countries.

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  During the visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin held extensive talks,

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  issued a joint statement on deepening bilateral ties, and witnessed the signing of a series of cooperation agreements.

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  Also making headlines is that the visit came just four days after US President

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  Donald Trump finished his trip to Beijing.

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  So what does Putin's visit reveal about the state of China-Russia relations today?

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  What can we expect from bilateral cooperation in the years ahead?

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  And what could Beijing's interactions with Trump and Putin within just two weeks mean for the future of the world?

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  Hello and welcome to the panel discussion of World Today.

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  I'm Do Hongyu in Beijing.

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  To delve into these questions, we're joined by Qin Qian, lecturer of East China University of Political Science

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  and Law, Wang Xing Song, associate professor at the School of Government of Beijing Normal University,

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  and Warwick Powell, adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology.

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  Thank you so much for joining us, dear panelists.

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  Let's start with Professor Powell.

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  We have witnessed the rare back-to-back visits by the US and Russian presidents to China within two weeks.

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  So how would you read the significance of the visits, especially the timing of Putin's visit?

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  Well, let's start with President Trump's visits first.

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