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02.17.15China, Russia to Mark 70th Anniversary of End of WWII in Show of Unity |
South China Morning Post
Military parades marking anniversary give two nations platform to offset U.S. influence while diplomats reassure Japan.
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12.22.14China Offers Russia Ruble Help
Wall Street Journal
China says it is willing to provide assistance to Russia following recent sharp drops in the value of its currency, said a senior official, as President Vladimir Putin’s regime faces continuing strains with the U.S. and Europe.
Caixin Media
12.15.14
China, Russia Near Deal for Wide-Body Aircraft
Russian and Chinese aircraft manufacturers are preparing to cooperate to help China meet soaring demand for new jumbo jets without kowtowing to industry heavyweights Airbus and Boeing.Aviation industry officials on the sidelines of the recent Zhuhai...
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09.02.14Rosneft Proposes Chinese Company Take Stake in Russian Oilfield
Financial Times
Rosneft is proposing that China take a stake in one of its largest oilfields—a deal that would deepen energy ties between Moscow and Beijing at a time when the future of western companies in Russia is uncertain.
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05.22.14China and Russia: Best Frenemies
Economist
Does the new collaboration between Russia and China amount to a renewal of the alliance against America?
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04.16.14Why Ukraine Crisis has China in a Bind
CNN
Concerns that Chinese hardliners could seek to use Crimea as a precedent for moves against disputed territories in the Asia-Pacific should not be overplayed.
Caixin Media
04.08.14
Crimea Rattles the Chinese Dream
At the Sochi Winter Olympics, President Xi Jinping professed his affection for Russian letters. Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, and other literary giants made up the reading list of his youth, and his generation was raised on a diet of Russian culture...
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03.11.14Is China Siding With Putin in the Ukraine Crisis?
Businessweek
For now, the Chinese government’s solution seems to be simple: obfuscate.
Conversation
03.10.14
Should China Support Russia in Ukraine?
Alexander V. Pantsov: The Chinese Communist Party leadership has always maintained: “China believes in non-interference in internal affairs.” In the current Ukrainian situation it is the most we can expect from the P.R.C. because it is not able to...
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02.11.14Russia, China Snub U.N. Talks on Syria Aid Access
Reuters
Russia and China on rebuffed the United States, France and Britain by failing to attend negotiations on a draft UN Security Council resolution to boost aid access in Syria.
Media
02.07.14
Why Chinese Media Is Going Soft on Sochi
Ready or not, Putingrad (aka Sochi) is now on prime time. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics will take place in the subtropical Russian resort town on February 7. In the Twittersphere, Western journalists and visitors have assailed Sochi’s...
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01.16.14China Playing a Long Game in Polar Governance
World Politics Review
The recent Antarctic rescue of a Russian vessel highlights China's comprehensive polar strategy.
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01.13.14Far Eastern Antipathies
Foreign Affairs
Japan must reckon with England as an eventual addition to the enormous political strength of China and Russia.
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09.17.13China Welcomes Russia’s Proposal for Syria Weapons Handover
Reuters
China said on Tuesday it backed a Russian proposal for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons for destruction, a plan that could avert planned U.S. military strikes in response to the country's suspected use of its...
Media
08.08.13
Chinese State Media: Online Critics “Incite Political Unrest”
While the Internet has become the site of almost constant political arguments in China, few articles have generated as much debate as a recent piece by blogger Wang Xiaoshi. On August 1, Xinhua News Agency, a state-run media outlet, posted Wang’s...
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03.26.13Changing Faces
Economist
Xi Jinping’s first foreign visits since his inauguration and new appointments in foreign policy-related positions hint at the direction of the new administration’s foreign policy plans and goals.
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03.21.13Xi Visits Russia As China Seeks Bigger Global Role
Huffington Post
Speculation surrounds Xi’s upcoming trip to Russia this Friday March 22, 2013, with many expecting Xi to start exerting China's economic power in diplomacy and taking a more offensive diplomatic stance in general.
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03.15.13Xi Pivots To Moscow
Foreign Policy
Will Xi’s late March 2013 trip to Vladimir Putin’s Russia -- a bastion of authoritarian state capitalism -- symbolically define China’s path ahead, like Deng’s 1979 U.S. tour?
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05.28.81
His Man in Canton
from New York Review of Books
In the Chinese united front of the mid-1920s, the Soviet agent Borodin has been a protean figure. Bringing Leninist skills, arms, and advisers to Canton, he seemed to be the priceless ingredient that finally catalyzed Sun Yat-sen’s revolution...