On 3 and 4 July, Chinese president Xi Jinping visited Russia for a
two-day state visit that included his third meeting with Russian
president Vladimir Putin in the space of a year.
Despite what these visits and the pledge to forge closer strategic and economic ties between the two nations suggest – and much to the chagrin of Vladimir Putin – Russia features awkwardly little in China’s major strategic plans for Eurasia.
Read more: Why China and Russia will be best frenemies forever
Despite what these visits and the pledge to forge closer strategic and economic ties between the two nations suggest – and much to the chagrin of Vladimir Putin – Russia features awkwardly little in China’s major strategic plans for Eurasia.
Read more: Why China and Russia will be best frenemies forever
