The current clash between China and the United States is only the latest flareup of a confrontation that has been ongoing for the past 70 years, a confrontation that can be traced to one single historical event, namely the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China. That proclamation, made by Mao Zedong on October 1, 1949, […]
![China's President Xi Jinping, second left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, making bliny [Russian pancakes] as they visit the Far East Street exhibition on the sidelines of the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office handout / Anadolu Agency](https://i1.wp.com/asiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Putin-pancakes.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
