(Changes slug, no change to text) (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Friday and announced a strategic partnership that they said was aimed at countering the influence of the United States and that would have “no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation”. Here are some key points from their joint statement. \- Russia voiced support for China’s stance that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and opposition to any form of independence for the island. \- They voiced opposition to the AUKUS alliance between Australia, Britain and the United States, wh…