China's relationship with Russia reexamined as tensions mount due to the Ukraine conflict and Western sanctions, with concerns over technology transfers and China's role in Middle Eastern stability becoming key issues.
In a joint communiqué on 4 February 2022, China and Russia stated that “Friendship between the two States has no limits, there are no forbidden areas of cooperation.” This followed the first in-person meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russia n counterpart Vladimir Putin for nearly two years, at the opening of the Winter Olympics ceremony in Beijing.
has been an economic superpower for well over 100 years, which means that Washington has been spending a lot more money on a lot of things that matter militarily – personnel, technology, communications, global political connections - for a lot longer than Beijing. It has also fought many more wars, giving it much greater operational awareness than China and a command and communications coordination capability far greater than that of either Beijing or Moscow. Even now, the U.S.
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