Just as Germany and Japan—two ambivalent, distrustful partners with fundamentally different long-term visions for the world—profited from the chaos and pressure each other’s advances created in the run-up to World War II, China and Russia benefit from the fact that America cannot fully concentrate on either of its great-power rivals. Sino-Russian ties could get even tighter in the coming years. If Russia faces prolonged isolation thanks to its assault on Ukraine, it will become more dependent, economically and strategically, on China. If Beijing experiences a more energetic form of containment
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