The People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation as Strategic Allies
The People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation as Strategic Allies

Author(s): Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Governance, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: The People’s Republic of China; Russian Federation; strategic allies; foreign relations; Chinese-Russian relations;
Summary/Abstract: China’s foreign relations are known for their reliance on the ‘friendship’ narrative, and its relations with Russia have been no exception. Still, the Sino-Russian ties lay beyond what could be considered diplomacy-as-usual from the Chinese perspective. Official documents make reference to “the tradition of friendship between the peoples of Russia and China, passed down from generation to generation”. The history of interactions, however, suggests otherwise, as both nations were effectively cut off from each other from late 1950 and until 1989, and mutual enmity peaked during the 1969 border conflict on the Ussuri river. [...]

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