Russia, China Aligning in ‘Joint Struggle’ Against the U.S. Amid the War in Ukraine, Say Analysts

China is aligning itself with Russia as part of an ideological struggle to overcome the United States and dismantle the rules-based international order, according to experts. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow has underscored the regime’s attempts to deepen ties with Vladimir Putin’s Russia and to undermine international order, several experts said during a March 27 discussion at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank. “What we should get out of this latest visit is a true understanding of the fact that China intends to deepen its relationship with Russia and has done so in…