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Leon Panetta: China ‘caught in a balancing act’ between ‘peacemaker’ and arms provider to Russia
Leon Panetta, the former Defense Secretary, former CIA Director, and former White House Chief of Staff joins Andrea Mitchell to react to the growing relationship between Presidents Xi and Putin, as Xi spends his second day in Moscow. “For China to remain the strongest partner, they’d have to have a strong economy. And so what I sense here is that China has to play this balancing role: saying that on one hand, they're a peacemaker, and trying to provide peace in the Ukraine. But at the same time, that makes clear that they really can't provide military arms to the Russians, because that would undermine their peacemaker role. And secondly, they're concerned that the world would impose sanctions on China which could hurt their economy. So while all of this is taking place, it's pretty clear that China is now caught in a balancing act.  » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://ift.tt/tswhPWa Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://ift.tt/vZ2ElD1 ReidOut Blog: https://ift.tt/73pihC1 MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://ift.tt/3sglPry Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: https://ift.tt/zuY4glM Follow MSNBC on Twitter: https://ift.tt/zV8FqDM Follow MSNBC on Instagram: https://ift.tt/WdnNqOx #Russia #China #Putin

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