China And Russia Are Forming A Bond The U.S. Would Be Wise To Exploit

China And Russia Are Forming A Bond The U.S. Would Be Wise To Exploit
"...In addition, they have different policy goals based on their nations’ strengths and weaknesses.

Xi doesn’t see Russia as an equal partner but as a pawn to realize his vision for China, to replace the United States as the only superpower in a Sino-centered and autocracy-friendly new world. 

While

• China is Russia’s largest trade partner, 
  
• Russia amounts to less than 2 percent of China’s total trade volume.

Xi has no intention of helping Russia become an economic powerhouse. 

According to Jon Yuan Jiang, a Chinese-Russian relations analyst in Australia, an economically weak but militarily aggressive Russia suits Xi’s vision. 
...Putin has no delusions that a new world order dominated by China will not bode well for Russia in the long run. 

His goal is to return Russia to what he sees as the glorious past of the USSR...

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