China and Russia's unequal partnership | Global News Podcast

Key points· Video

• Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for a summit with the Chinese president Xi Jinping - a man he describes as his "long-time friend".
• The two leaders have met dozens of times over the years, cultivating an alliance between Russia and China which officials have called a "friendship with no limits".
• Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg tells us that both countries are keen to challenge the notion that the US is the world's dominant superpower.
• On this trip - which comes just days after President Donald Trump visited Beijing - Mr Putin and Mr Xi are expected to sign a "Declaration on the Emergence of a Multipolar World", according to Russian media.
• They are also expected to discuss a planned gas pipeline, called the Power of Siberia 2, or Altai.