Issue Briefing: China and Russia, Deepening Ties?
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-09-24

Trade turnover between Russia and China increased 50% in the first half of 2018, and both countries just completed the largest joint military exercise in their history. Will the new China-Russia axis succeed as a strategic counterweight to Washington?

Speakers:
- Alexander Gabuev, Senior Associate; Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Programme, Carnegie Moscow Center, Russian Federation.
- Jiang Shixue, Senior Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), People's Republic of China.

Moderator:
- Philip Shetler-Jones, Programme Lead, Geopolitics & International Security, World Economic Forum, Switzerland.

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