Leaders in Beijing and Moscow appear to have assessed for now that the benefits outweigh the costs, but that calculus could change. Yet the China-Russia relationship is complex and comes with costs for both sides. Close military ties and complementary economic dynamics help cement their relationship. The two sides also cooperate based on shared threat perceptions that the United States and its allies seek to encircle and undermine them. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin enjoy close working relations, which drives high-level cooperation. The two countries have indeed significantly strengthened their relationship in recent years.
On February 4, 2022, just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin met and issued a historic joint statement which stated their bilateral relationship has “no limits” and that “there are no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation” between them. Russia’s war in Ukraine has cast a spotlight on the China-Russia relationship. Click here to see other content in this series.
This feature is part of a series on China-Russia relations.
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