China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP
China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP
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Why China-Russia relations are warming up in the Arctic

China needs Russia for its Polar Silk Route ambitions; Russia needs China as it tries to reclaim the Baltics

Topic |   Arctic
Nicolas Groffman
Nicolas Groffman

Updated: 11:44pm, 10 Dec, 2019

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China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP
China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP
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