https://www.scmp.com/rss/324475/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Despite signs of growing camaraderie between Beijing and Moscow – including drills in the Baltic and South China seas, and sales of advanced Russian-made missile defence systems to the PLA – Western media and decision-makers remain highly sceptical of their forming a meaningful partnership. Sensationalist arguments about inherent tensions point to the China-Russia border. The4,200km stretch shows population and wealth disparities in favour of China, that some claim can trigger the extension of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2102324/why-forecasts-chinese-takeover-russian-far-east-are-just?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2102324/why-forecasts-chinese-takeover-russian-far-east-are-just?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:20:36 +0000 Amid all the furore about US President Donald Trump’s handling of sensitive intelligence material during his recent meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, one fundamental question remains unanswered: why is Trump going to so much trouble to patch things up with Moscow? For understandable reasons, most attention has focused on the ongoing investigation of ties between the Trump team and the Kremlin and Trump’s assertions on the campaign trail that he wanted to team up with the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/2095491/donald-trumps-plan-play-russia-against-china-fools-errand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/2095491/donald-trumps-plan-play-russia-against-china-fools-errand?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 May 2017 10:30:30 +0000