Factbox-What to watch for at Xi's meeting with Putin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trade between Russia and China soared 30% in the first halfof this year and will rise to more than $200 billion in 2023,Russian Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said on a visit toChina.
49% : For China, Russia is a not only a major source of oil andgas: the world's biggest nuclear power is also a rich potentialsource of technology as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) seeksto modernise its conventional and nuclear forces by 2035.Russian aviation, rocket and even submarine technology has beenshared over recent decades with China, according to a 2022assessment by the U.S. Department of Defence.
41% : What are the five things to watch for at the meeting?DEFENCE BOSSESAs Defence Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than six weeks, China watchers will be looking at who takes the lead in any talks with Russian military officials oncooperation.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.