![]() 'If you juxtapose it with Xi, Xi is the composed statesman,' she said. Leong noticed the same tics in Putin, contrasting with an outwardly relaxed demeanour. Xi, meanwhile, appeared 'settled and confident'. When they sat together for polite exchanges through translators, greeting each other as a 'dear friend', Mahler said Putin had slouched, twitched his leg, clenched his fist and looked at the floor, suggesting underlying agitation. Louise Mahler, a body language and leadership behaviour expert based in Melbourne, Australia, took a similar view, noting that Xi had placed his hand on top of Putin's, something that could also indicate a measure of dominance in the exchange. Karen Leong, Managing Director of Singapore-headquartered Influence Solutions, said Xi had pre-empted Putin by a split-second in reaching out for their set-piece handshake, suggesting that 'even though he is the one visiting Moscow, he is the one who is going to be taking the lead in this relationship'. The expert said Xi came across as more relaxed and commanding and revealed other tell-tale signs that the Chinese leader now holds all the power as the two days of talks for Xi's state visit to Moscow concluded on Tuesday. A body language expert has said Chinese President Xi Jinping looked at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin 'like a younger brother' at Monday's televised first meeting of Xi's state visit to Moscow.
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