China and Russia have formed a unified front against the United States in a rebuff to speculation that US President Donald Trump could divide the two neighbours .
They pledged to jointly defend the post-war multipolar world order by strengthening bilateral cooperation and pushing back against US “containment”.
04:14
China’s Xi Jinping joins Vladimir Putin at Victory Day parade in Russia
China’s Xi Jinping joins Vladimir Putin at Victory Day parade in Russia
Since returning to office, Trump has launched a global tariff war , withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord, and repeatedly attacked multilateral institutions established since the second world war.