I wanted to hear the punch line because I thought it would be a switcharoo . Ya know , like , I ' ve heard this joke a lot . Everyone has . So I ' m kinda disappointed it wasn ' t something super clever that caught me off guard . But I guess I expected it to catch me off guard , and it didn ' t , so maybe it accomplished surprising me by not surprising me at all . I don ' t know how to feel about this . <| sep |> This is fantastic . <| sep |> Russian , Chinese leaders discuss ' coupling ' EAEU , Silk Road trade initiatives 20 November 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin and China ' s leader Xi Jingling spoke of how to connect Russia ' s Eurasian Economic Union to China ' s Silk Road Economic Belt , at a meeting in Lima , Putin ' s spokesman said , Sputnik reported . The leaders spoke in favor of boosting cooperation with the APEC , Dmitry Peskov told reporters on the margins of the AsiaPacific economic summit in Peru . The leaders spoke in detail about the schedules of their future highlevel contacts , discussed how to couple the EAEU and Silk Road projects . The EAEU is a Russialed regional economic union that aims to tear down trade barriers between its members , namely Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Armenia , Belarus , and Kazakhstan . China has been spearheading its own economic area , which was proposed by President Xi in 2013 . It will facilitate the direct flow of goods from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea . The project is intended to connect China with Europe and strengthen economic ties between Asia , Europe and the Gulf states .