Chinese analysts see strategic effort to manage relations with US and Russia amid global turbulence. Beijing has never hosted both US and Russian leaders in the same month outside a multilateral event. A diplomatic double-header is expected to take place soon after Trump's trip to China in May.

Vladimir Putin is expected to visit China soon after Donald Trump’s trip in May in a diplomatic double-header that would be the first time Beijing has hosted the leaders of the US and Russia in the same month outside a multilateral event. According to Chinese analysts, the back-to-back visits highlight Beijing’s strategic effort to manage relations with both major powers amid rising global turbulence. Trump’s long-planned trip to Beijing was expected to take place from May 14 to 15, the White...