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Article: Russia, China cozy up vs. West; Yeltsin, seeking support for Chechnya offensive, meets Chinese leaders.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- December 9, 1999
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When the new US ambassador arrives in Beijing this week to begin guiding US-China ties into the 21st century, he might feel as if he is moving ahead into the past - to a 1950s world where Washington faced a formidable Sino-Soviet axis.
Ambassador Joseph Prueher will be forced to wait for an audience with China's top leaders while Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin holds a two-day summit with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The Chinese and Russian leaders are expected to discuss weapons transfers and other measures aimed at containing the globe's sole superpower.
"The Russian-Chinese strategic partnership is growing closer," says June Treufel Dreyer, an ...