ASSESSMENTS

Joint Interests Against the U.S. Deepen the Sino-Russian Embrace

Nov 5, 2018 | 18:13 GMT

Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meet on Oct. 12 during a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meet on Oct. 12 during a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Russia and China's relationship is crucial to each country's competition with the United States and will continue to deepen in 2019.

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The Russian-Chinese relationship is crucial in the evolution of the global order as the great power competition among the United States, Russia and China heats up. Assessing the relationship's path in the coming year involves analyzing its many facets: economic, political and military....