China’s Global Times has commented editorially on a number of occasions over recent days that the upcoming Biden-Putin summit is positive, and offers an opportunity to reduce tensions between the two countries. They have also asserted that, if Washington’s intention is to court Russia to distance itself from China, it will fail.
Today’s edition of Global Times published an interview with said Danil Bochkov, an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council who made a similar argument, under the headline “Biden-Putin Summit Faces Huge Chasm, Won’t Divide Russia-China.” [https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202105/1224891.shtml]