The Impact of Russia-China Alliance on Global Politics.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent visit to Russia was a demonstration of public support for Putin, but the real action took place during closed-door discussions where the two leaders made important decisions about the future of Chinese-Russian defense cooperation. The war in Ukraine and Western sanctions on Russia are reducing the Kremlin's options and pushing Russia's economic and technological dependence on China to unprecedented levels, giving China a growing amount of leverage over Russia. As China prepares for prolonged confrontation with the US, it needs all the help it can get, and Russia remains an indispensable junior partner to Beijing in pushing back against the US and its allies.