PUTIN CONCLUDES TRIP TO CHINA BY EMPHASIZING ITS STRATEGIC, PERSONAL TIES TO RUSSIA

BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a twoday visit to China by emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they seek to present an alternative to U.S. global influence. Putin made a back-handed rebuke for the U.S., and others who oppose the Moscow-Beijing relationship, saying an “emerging multipolar …