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Xi and Putin: Marriage Made in Hell? (ft. James Stuber)
Ep. 28
Continuing the China conversation, Jonathan and James Stuber discuss the uncanny parallels between two heads of state, President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China, and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation.
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