2 June 2003 Putin says relations with China are at “their highest level ever” as he tries to narrow the rift with Washington.ULYANOVSK, Russia–Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from a mini-summit with China’s new president, Hu Jintao, to declare that relations between Russia and China had “reached their highest level ever.” At the same time, though, Putin sought to lift […]

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