alliance
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For Xi, that means projecting a united, China-centered front against the West, while also reasserting Beijing’s influence over a North Korean dictator who has grown stronger through a tighter alliance with Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang for a two-day summit with Kim Jong Un, seeking to strengthen their alliance against the West.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"It appears Xi is trying to consolidate the alliance" with North Korea partly for that reason, he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Xi is wary of the burgeoning alliance between Kim and Putin, despite Beijing's close ties with both Pyongyang and Moscow.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Sent to France to negotiate a wartime alliance, he arrived in Paris just when the French ministry was ready to entertain such an idea.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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