Wesley Rahn, DW: What will keep China and Russia from building a new world order?
Russia and China are forming closer economic and strategic relations in the face of increasing pressure from Washington. Although a Sino-Russian bloc sounds ominous to the West, there are big obstacles to an alliance.
Russia's geopolitical show in eastern Siberia this week with special guest China combined a dramatic display of military hardware with diplomatic trappings, summit pageantry and an executive-level cooking show.
In two separate events - the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) being held in Vladivostok and the Vostok (East) 2018 military games - Russia and China signaled to the West that they are working closer together to counterbalance US "unilateralism."
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Update: It's Not Too Late to Prevent a Russia-China Axis (Anja Manuel, The Atlantic)
WNU Editor: A China - Russia new world order? I can say this with 100% confidence. It is not going to happen.