James Crabtree is executive director of IISS-Asia in Singapore. He is author of "The Billionaire Raj."
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Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing on Feb. 4: China and Russia care about different things. (Handout photo from Kremlin) © Reuters
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