Where does Xi Jinping’s affinity with Russia and Putin come from?

Less than two weeks after starting his third term as the president of China, XJP visits Moscow, becoming the first head of state of a major country to visit Russia in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war. With XJP’s visit, geopolitics is back to where it was 70 years ago. US-China-Russia relations have been realigned. But Xi’s renewed camaraderie with Putin can be costly to Beijing. Where does Xi Jinping’s affinity with Russia and Putin come from? What lessons should the Americans have learned? Maybe China’s state propaganda has shed light on the questions.