QUARTZ - May 19, 2014
Vladimir Putin spent most of a recent interview with Chinese state media
praising the “exemplary collaboration” between Russia and China in
recent years. He listed a wide range of areas, from financial
services to the aircraft industry, where his country wants to partner
with its “trusted friend.”
But
Putin’s interview also highlighted a polarizing meeting that takes
place in Shanghai this week. Putin promises that the talks will lead to
“a new security and sustainable development architecture in
Asia-Pacific”—a task that has become increasingly important as China
aggressively moves into disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Known
as the “Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building
Measures in Asia,” or CICA, the meeting is a once-every-four years
gathering of Asian nations. Started by Kazakhstan president for life Nursultan Nazarbayev, the group’s
members include some of the world’s most powerful non-Western
non-democracies and dictatorships, as well as Israel and India:
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