Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping, potentially seeking economic support as Russia's Ukraine campaign faces difficulties. A major gas pipeline deal appears uncertain.

Show of strength or show of weakness? Days after Donald Trump left Beijing, Vladimir Putin’s turn in the Chinese capital, where the Russian president can boast that unlike his U-S counterpart, he’ll be signing actual business deals. But the biggest one may have to wait. Xi Jinping in no hurry to agree to the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline which would double Russia’s exports to China.