China-Russia Relations

A new survey taken after the Russian invasion of Ukraine finds that the Chinese are very negative about the U.S., very positive about Russia – and very confident about China.

Career diplomat Gao Yusheng spoke openly about how disastrous the war has been for Russia, but his comments have since been quietly deleted.

Insights from Alexander Korolev.

Xi has tied himself personally to Russia’s leader through public declarations of friendship. Now Xi shares the reputational damage of the brutalities Russia is unleashing on Ukraine.

The question is not whether China will continue to hang on to its strategic partnership with Russia, but how it will manage it.

Russia won’t sacrifice its ties to India to please China – but Moscow also won’t back New Delhi against Beijing.

Divergences in approaches to Afghanistan map onto wider divergences between the United States and its allies and China, Russia, and their partners.

Beijing is reacting to events on the ground to ensure that its wartime stance does not land it on the wrong side of history.

In arguably Beijing’s strongest signal of support for Russia yet, Sergey Lavrov is a full participant at a China-hosted meeting on Afghanistan affairs.

Secondary sanctions on China would be more painful and harder to justify – which makes any unified application unlikely.

An exodus of money, technology, and buyers from Russian energy projects may offer an opportunity for China to embed itself deeper in the Arctic.

When discussing the convergence of the Russian and Chinese narratives on Ukraine, a striking difference is often overlooked.