After WW2 when Mao tossed out Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists, the USSR was the sugar daddy for the new communist regime. In time, there was some conflict between the two nations, but it meant that the twain followed their own versions of communism — they didn’t go to war, but China remained underdeveloped and more “orthodox.” Now Putin has his titt in the wringer with his misadventure in Ukraine. Ergo, he must apply to China in the guise of Xi for support and succor. Ergo the suck-face in the cartoon.
Bottom rail (China) on top now.
After WW2 when Mao tossed out Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists, the USSR was the sugar daddy for the new communist regime. In time, there was some conflict between the two nations, but it meant that the twain followed their own versions of communism — they didn’t go to war, but China remained underdeveloped and more “orthodox.” Now Putin has his titt in the wringer with his misadventure in Ukraine. Ergo, he must apply to China in the guise of Xi for support and succor. Ergo the suck-face in the cartoon.