Russian leader came to Xi Jinpinga 25 times already. He took with him a immense delegation: deputy prime ministers, ministers, heads of Gazprom and Rosnieft, energy, trade and war specialists. Xi accepted him with an imperial ceremony. In the large People's Hall there were salutes, the military orchestra played hymns, and later the banquet began. Ducks were served in Beijing, Jinhua ham, shrimp soup and Fuzhou pasta. In addition, Chinese wines and the artistic program, which is simply a diplomatic mix of everything that could appeal to the Russians: fragments of the Beijing opera, Russian songs and, of course, the Dance of the small Swans from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Russia was received wonderfully, though a cold calculation was behind all this blitz. due to the fact that as much as the Russians request Chinese present desperately, the Chinese request Russians only to the degree they are useful. Xi seemingly decided to organize a demonstration of diplomatic force. First with the pump he hosted his rival – Trump, then his friend – Putin. In both visits is crucial luminaire, claims Steve Tsang from the British investigation centre SOAS China Institute: – China shows that they keep a strategical partnership with whom they want, and the United States is only 1 of many powers.
