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The Xi-Putin meeting: It’s not about the money
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met today in Uzbekistan during Xi’s first foreign trip in 970 days. But despite their ‘no limits’ partnership, there are, in fact, serious limits, argues veteran China business reporter Dexter Tiff Roberts in the latest installment of his weekly column for The China Project.
Chinese and Russian trade grows alongside high-ranking diplomatic contacts
China’s third most powerful leader, Li Zhanshu, visited Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok to meet with Valdimir Putin, as bilateral trade between Russia and China continues to rise sharply.
China joins scaled-down Russian military exercises
The latest in China-Russia ties: Russia will host scaled-down military exercises on September 1–7 in its Far East region and in the Sea of Japan. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has sent ground, air, and naval forces to participate in the exercises.
Putin and Xi prepare for two in-person meetings
The latest in China-Russia ties: The two heads of state are reportedly preparing to meet at upcoming summits in Uzbekistan and Indonesia. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s Caspian Pipeline oil exports are closed again, for the fourth time this year, amid a mysterious outage.
Putin says Pelosi’s Taiwan trip was a ‘thoroughly planned provocation’
This week in China-Russia relations: The People’s Liberation Army is sending troops to Russia to join military games, as Putin offers moral and ideological support for his best friends in Beijing.
Chinese exports to Russia are near pre-war highs
China’s trade with Russia is roaring back as companies find ‘seams’ in the sanctions regime.
Russia and China draw closer over Myanmar and Taiwan
The Dragon and the Bear will only get closer as Western tensions with China and Russia mount.
Beijing’s upcoming crude choice
Chinese imports of Russian crude showed signs of weakening, while Beijing may be facing a potential overseas debt crisis aggravated by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, a recent Japanese Ministry of Defense white paper is critical of China and Russia.
Beijing’s man in DC talks down China-Russia ties
In this week’s China-Russia update: China’s ambassador to the U.S. downplayed Beijing’s relationship with Moscow, and Chinese imports of Russian crude oil are down.
Not all is well between China and Russia, but Beijing says the “disturbances” have been “thwarted”
Beijing makes a cryptic remark a week after Russia supposedly busts a Chinese spy ring, while Sino-Russia tensions brew over Kazakhstan’s CPC crude oil flows.
Has Putin caught a spy ring tied to China?
Shanghai’s COVID outbreak, U.S. trade enticements, and Russia’s sanctions on Kazakh oil (again) weigh on Beijing’s willingness to defy Western sanctions, while Russia publicized the arrest of a Chinese spy ring in Novosibirsk.
Beijing is trying to weaken sanctions on Russia
Chinese state media attempts to weaken Western sanctions resolve, while NATO’s Strategic Concept slams the Sino-Russia strategic partnership.
Xi addresses Russian economic forum
At the SPIEF, Xi Jinping issued some rather generic calls for economic cooperation, while adhering to Beijing’s uneasy position of neutrality on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
BRICS summit kicks off in Beijing
In a virtual keynote speech to the group, Chinese leader Xi Jinping hit out at sanctions for “weaponizing” the global economy, while shoring up Beijing’s awkward position of neutrality on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Putin calls Xi for his 69th birthday
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral phone call, which ended with two different takeaways over the war on Ukraine.
China is schmoozing in Kazakhstan and talking up trains
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned of “major power conflicts” in Central Asia, and hinted at a greater role in the region as China eyes rail connections with Europe.
China bans Russian flights
Beijing barred Russia’s foreign-owned planes from flying into its airspace after Moscow appropriated the jets in February. But Moscow and Beijing also held an official conference on their close bilateral relationship.
Hot politics, frozen economics — the strange relationship between China and Russia
China withdrew (at least for now) from an important Russian liquefied natural gas project, even as the two sides conducted joint strategic bomber patrols near Japan amid Joe Biden’s visit and the Quad summit.
The China-Russia-Kazakhstan triangle
In this week’s China-Russia update: With tensions between Kazakhstan and Russia rising, China may be looking at how to best preserve its limited — but not unimportant — regional interests. China is also in talks with Russia over a major crude purchase, although it continues to largely comply with sanctions.
Fertilizer prices are going through the roof
War and pestilence are constricting the world’s supply of fertilizers, making profits for Chinese companies but threatening tough times ahead.
