{"id":1149,"date":"2026-05-17T13:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:47:18","slug":"xi-just-threw-putin-under-te-busopinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/xi-just-threw-putin-under-te-busopinion\/","title":{"rendered":"XI JUST THREW PUTIN UNDER TE BUS!!!OPINION…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xi Warns Trump That US And China \u2018Should Be Partners, Not Rivals\u2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A major\u00a0outcome of President Donald Trump\u2019s Beijing summit this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping had little to do with semiconductors or rare earths. According to the White House readout, Xi Jinping\u00a0made clear\u00a0China\u2019s opposition to any Iranian effort to militarize the Strait of Hormuz or charge a toll on its use. Beijing\u2019s own readout said nothing about Iran or the strait\u2014and pointedly did not dispute the American account. That tacit acceptance\u00a0exposed the so-called \u201caxis\u201d of China, Russia and Iran for what it\u00a0actually is: a partnership of convenience that fractures the moment one partner\u2019s interests get in the way.<\/p>\n

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