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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday following a report from the head of Kyiv's foreign intelligence service that Russia and China were taking steps to intensify cooperation. Zelenskiy said the steps involved shifts by Russia to give up aspects of its sovereignty to Beijing.
Trump on Monday announced that he was allowing Nvidia — whose CEO JENSEN HUANG has cultivated close ties to the president — to sell advanced H200 chips to China, despite vocal protests from Washington’s China hawks. The U.S. would receive 25 percent of revenue from the chip sales, Trump said.
Recent moves by China reveal it has not forgotten the territory lost to the Russian Far East during its "Century of Humiliation." This has raised speculation that the world’s longest border may be ripe for Chinese encroachment, even as "no limits partners" Beijing and Moscow appear increasingly aligned on the world stage.
China’s state energy research chief warned that completing the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline could take up to a decade due to the project’s enormous technical, commercial, and diplomatic demands.
A proposed pipeline to carry gas from Siberia in Russia to China requires "tremendous work, jobs and negotiations," a senior Chinese researcher said on Thursday.
The probability of changing educational class was 52-53% in China compared to 45-46% in Russia, but roughly 68-81% of China's mobility and 57-68% of Russia's came from structural change rather than exchange mobility. At the steady state, Russia shows greater educational mobility, at about 42%, than China, which tracked at 19-27%.
SEOUL: South Korea and Japan reacted furiously on Wednesday (Dec 10) after Chinese and Russian military aircraft conducted joint patrols around the two countries, with both Seoul and Tokyo scrambling jets.
Japan 'Core 5' has rattled Washington, with Trump-era aides calling it plausible and experts warning it would sideline Europe.
Russian farmers will have a surplus of peas this year after China, the country's main trading partner, bought less than they had hoped, analysts said on Thursday, predicting they may shift to other crops.
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Comment: Russia and China’s "no limits" partnership has limits
When Russia and China declared a “no limits” partnership in 2022, the symbolism was powerful—but the economic reality has proven very different. Despite deepening ties in energy, defence and diplomacy,