Russia, China Are Key and Close Partners - Carnegie Moscow Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Russia, China Are Key and Close Partners - Carnegie Moscow Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: China and Russia have learned lessons from history: great powers lead or abstain, they don’t jump on the bandwagons of others, and in bilateral relations, great powers seek to maintain equilibrium-they may come close to each other if interests or circumstances demand, but not so close as to become followers.