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Ukraine: China and Russia’s Calculated Mutual Support

The possibility of a China-Russian alliance is traditionally downplayed. Certainly, the two countries already form a "negative coalition" through their UN vetoes, and share an aversion to color revolutions. They trade extensively - Russian arms and gas, Chinese consumer goods.

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By François Godement
Published on Jan 14, 2022

Institut Montaigne

About the Author

François Godement

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Program

Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, was a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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    Reorienting China Policy By Working With Europe

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    China at the Gates: A New Power Audit of EU-China Relations

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François Godement
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Program
François Godement
SecurityForeign PolicyEast AsiaChinaRussiaEastern EuropeUkraine

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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