Is Russia sleepwalking into Chinese dominance? |

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Is Russia sleepwalking into Chinese dominance? | Martens Centre
Tomi Huhtanen

With global politics in turmoil, Russia and China have found each other. In 2018, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met one another five times. In the same year, Russia and China held their biggest shared military exercises for decades.

Trade between the two nations increased by over 30% in 2018, and is expected to increase even more. They also seem to be finding synergies when it comes to dealing with the situations in Syria and Venezuela.

China and Russia both have features that unite them. Both are blatantly autocratic, show a callous disregard for human rights, and share an openness to using military force in their neighbourhoods. They also share a great interest in pushing back the West’s influence in the world.

Read more at: https://www.martenscentre.eu/blog/russia-sleepwalking-chinese-dominance

Also: https://tsarizm.com/analysis/2019/05/02/is-russia-sleepwalking-into-chinese-dominance/