On this episode of Espresso Martini, Chris & Matt take a look at President Xi’s trip to China, Chinese espionage against the west and the revelations of a recent Russian defector who paints a less than flattering picture of President Putin and his mental state.





Links to articles discussed on this episode



“China portrays Xi’s Russia trip as bid for leadership of non-Western world” – by Lily Kuo for the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/21/china-xi-russia-world-leadership/



“China waging decades-long spy war” by Calder Walton for Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/28/china-has-been-waging-a-decades-long-all-out-spy-war/



“Russian defector sheds light on Putin paranoia and his secret train network” by Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer for The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/russian-defector-sheds-light-on-putin-paranoia-including-secret-train



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