China, Russia hail long-standing friendship, cooperation ahead of President Putin's state visit

中俄庆祝长期友谊,期待普京总统国事访问期间深化合作

The Beijing Hour

2026-05-19

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As the Russian president begins a state visit, both sides have expressed confidence in deepening friendship and cooperation (01:05). China has reiterated that the Taiwan region's participation in the WHO must be handled under the one-China principle after the World Health Assembly once again rejected a proposal to have Taiwan as an observer (31:47). And global health officials are calling on the international community to scale up support to fight an Ebola outbreak in Africa (24:09).
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