The strong relationship between Beijing and Moscow can cause significant headaches for the United States, but the partnership is not without its limits.
On March 22, the United States, the European Union, Britain, and Canada jointly imposed sanctions on Chinese officials involved in intensifying human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. Shortly thereafter, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov urged Washington to “halt unilateral bullying, stop meddling in other countries’ domestic affairs, and stop forming small circles to seek bloc confrontation.”
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Bob Fu's relationship with China has gone through phases. First, he thought money would solve his problems there; then he joined protesters at Tiananmen Square, thinking the politics could change. In the end, he determined, only God could save China, and he's been fighting for religious freedom in China ever since he resettled in Texas. With his nonprofit, ChinaAid, prospering like never before, he says the U.S. is finally catching on.