| “Over the past two decades, the Chinese have invested heavily in a policy that builds strong ties with Beijing’s Central Asian neighbors. Those countries, which used to be part of the Soviet Union, are deeply uncomfortable with Russian actions in Ukraine—threatened by them, perpetually under pressure from Moscow, and looking for some breathing space,” the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Evan A. Feigenbaum writes.
“As China comes to understand its enormous leverage over Russia, it will seek to shape Russian foreign policy in ways that serve its own interests,” the Silverado Policy Accelerator’s Dmitri Alperovitch and Johns Hopkins University’s Sergey Radchenko write for Foreign Affairs.
This Backgrounder unpacks China-Russia relations. |