Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hail a new stage in bilateral ties as they agree to further extend a China-Russia friendship treaty and pledged to work together for a more just and equitable world order. In this episode of The Hub, Wang Guan unpacks the biggest developments from President Putin's two-day state visit to China. What does this "new stage" of relations mean for China-Russia ties? What could it mean for the Global South? How will these developments impact the broader international landscape? To discuss this and more, Wang Guan is joined by Andrey Kortunov, former director general of the Russian International Affairs Council; Zhang Xin, deputy director of the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University; Alessandro Teixeira, distinguished visiting professor at the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University; and Wang Xinsong, associate professor at the School of Government at Beijing Normal University.