Analysis: Aimed at securing funding and international legitimacy, Assad's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is symbolically significant, but it remains
![Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. [Li Ran/Xinhua via AP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-08/AP21209403368069.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=B_XKMt3i)
![China's President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on 28 April 2019 in Beijing, China. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1139830255.jpg?h=f2215bcf&itok=BYJUhKJU)
