# China, Russia hail long-standing friendship, cooperation ahead of President Putin's state visit

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Podcast: [The Beijing Hour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beijing-hour-1088049)
Published: 2026-05-19T11:24:00+00:00
Episode link: 1_2764750
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As the Russian president begins a state visit to China, both sides have expressed confidence in deepening friendship and cooperation (01:05). China has reiterated that the Taiwan region's participation in the WHO must be handled under the one-China principle after the World Health Assembly once again rejected a proposal to have Taiwan as an observer (31:47). And global health officials are calling on the international community to scale up support to fight an Ebola outbreak in Africa (24:09).

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