The Ukraine Military Conflict is Testing the Strength of Russian-Chinese Relations

• Published in: Vostočnaâ Aziâ: fakty i analitika no. 1; pp. 40 - 51
• Main Author: Morozov Yu.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia (ICCA RAS) 01.03.2024
• Subjects: china; economy; humanitarian cooperation; politics; relations; russia; sanctions; the west
• ISSN: 2686-7702
• DOI: 10.24412/2686-7702-2024-1-40-51

The relevance of this article is due to the changes in Russian-Chinese relations that are taking place under the influence of the military crisis in Ukraine and Western sanctions applied against Russia and China. The purpose of this study is to analyze the problems and prospects of cooperation between Moscow and Beijing in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres. The author used the following research methods: generalization, structural synthesis, deductive and comparative analyses. Their application allowed us to come to the following conclusions. In the context of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Russian-Chinese r elations are being tested for strength, as they are subject to comprehensive sanctions pressure from the “collective West”. Despite this pressure, relations between Russia and China demonstrate the growth of political interaction in the international arena. In the field of trade and economic relations, Moscow is trying to compensate for its economic and financial weakness by actively attracting Chinese investments and products. However, Russia is a less significant partner for Beijing compared to the European Union and the United States. To eliminate these problems, governments, economists and scientists from Russia and China are working together to activate the development of economic cooperation between the countries. Along with political and economic cooperation, humanitarian interaction between Moscow and Beijing is extremely important. It is aimed at confronting Western ideology and strengthening mutual understanding between the peoples of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, as well as strengthening cooperation within the framework of the EAEU, SCO and BRICS.