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“China in 25”: US-China trade deal and Xi’s visit to Moscow

Podcast
May 13, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping, for the 16th BRICS summit at the Kazan Kremlin

China-Russia alignment – a shared vision, without fully seeing eye to eye

Claus Soong
Comment
May 07, 2025
Shipping containers are being loaded onto container ships in the Vladivostok Sea Commercial Port.

China-Russia trade: asymmetrical, yet indispensable 

Filip Rudnik
Comment
May 07, 2025
Gulf Of Oman, Indian Ocean, Iran: Navy ships engage in military exercises during joint drills conducted by Iran, Russia, and China in the Gulf of Oman.

Joint military exercises signal deepening Russia-China strategic alignment

Hugo von Essen
Comment
May 07, 2025
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US-Russia thaw + US-China investments + Beijing woos the private sector

MERICS China Essentials
Feb 27, 2025

Reconstruction of Ukraine: What China can do (Handelsblatt)

Helena Legarda
Abigaël Vasselier
External publication
Feb 26, 2025

China and Europe's security (Tagesschau.de)

Abigaël Vasselier
External publication
Nov 22, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia on September 4, 2024

China signals its willingness to play a proactive role in Russia-Ukraine relations, if conditions are suitable

Helena Legarda
Eva Seiwert
Claus Soong
Abigaël Vasselier
China Security and Risk Tracker
Oct 09, 2024
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers meeting

The SCO faces rewards and risks as it admits Belarus

Eva Seiwert
Comment
Jul 02, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin review the honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024.

China-Russia alignment: a threat to Europe's security

Natalie Sabanadze
Abigaël Vasselier
Gunnar Wiegand
Report
Jun 26, 2024
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing, May 2024

Takeaways from the Xi-Putin meeting + Manufacturing overcapacity + Agrifood trade

François Chimits
Eva Seiwert
Grzegorz Stec
MERICS Europe China 360°
May 24, 2024
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in Beijing, May 2024

It’s time for the EU to get tough on China for supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine

Eva Seiwert
Comment
May 22, 2024

Beijing stands firmly by Moscow's side (Deutschlandfunk)

Mikko Huotari
External publication
Mar 21, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022.

Keeping up appearances? China’s support for Russia one year into the war

Mikko Huotari
Roderick Kefferpütz
Comment
Mar 01, 2023
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi enter a hall for their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.

The peace plan that wasn’t

Helena Legarda
Comment
Feb 28, 2023

Ukraine one year on, with Helena Legarda and Jakub Jakóbowski

Podcast
Feb 24, 2023
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MERICS EU-China Opinion Pool: The Russia factor in EU-China relations in 2023

Comment
Feb 24, 2023

China-Ukraine relations, with Yurii Poita

Podcast
Jan 03, 2023

Pekín no abandonará a Moscú (El País)

Helena Legarda
External publication
Nov 02, 2022
Chinese and Russian national flags flutter on lampposts in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum

EU-China Opinion Pool: Key lessons for the EU from China’s position on the Ukraine war

Comment
Sep 29, 2022
Chinese and Russian national flags flutter on a lamppost in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum

Not all sunshine and roses - how Russian experts view China

Roderick Kefferpütz
Yurii Poita
Comment
Sep 15, 2022
Large machinery loads containers at the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) Logistics Cooperation base in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 18, 2022.

China moves to fill the void left by Russian sanctions – on its own terms

François Chimits
Antonia Hmaidi
Comment
Aug 26, 2022
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, from left, pose for media in a group photo of Indo-Pacific partners nations during the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

China and Russia bring NATO and the Indo-Pacific together

Helena Legarda
Comment
Jul 26, 2022
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China and Russia: united in opposition

Roderick Kefferpütz
Comment
Jun 16, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum, in Beijing, China, 15 May 2017. The Belt and Road Forum runs from 14 to 15 May, which is expected to lay the groundwork for Beijing-led infrastructure initiatives aimed at connecting China with Europe, Africa and Asia.

Why China isn’t backing away from alignment with Russia

Hanns W. Maull
Comment
Apr 26, 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends the seventh leaders' meeting of China and the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) in Sofia, Bulgaria, July 7, 2018

How China lost Central and Eastern Europe

Ivana Karásková
Comment
Apr 22, 2022
Nantong, Jiangsu, the container operation area of Gangtong sea port area.

Battered in Russia, companies need to be more transparent about risks in China

Max J. Zenglein
Comment
Mar 30, 2022

Sino-Russian partnership: One of the greatest strategic challenges of the last 30 years (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Mikko Huotari
Interview
Mar 29, 2022

China won’t abandon Russia, but it won’t be much help either (Nikkei Asia)

François Chimits
Jacob Mardell
External publication
Mar 28, 2022

Economic development and stability remain the top priority for China (Le Monde - FR)

François Chimits
Jacob Mardell
External publication
Mar 19, 2022
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell delivers a speech during a debate on EU's role and the security situation of Europe following the Russian invasion on Ukraine, at the European Parliament

Ukraine + US-China talks + EU International Procurement Instrument

Francesca Ghiretti
Grzegorz Stec
MERICS Europe China 360°
Mar 17, 2022

A Beijing's pro-Russian neutrality poses new challenge to Germany and Paris (Tagesspiegel)

François Godement
Mikko Huotari
Comment
Mar 14, 2022

China’s position on the war in Ukraine, with Jakub Jakóbowski and Helena Legarda

Podcast
Feb 25, 2022
Permanent Representative of China to the UN Zhang Jun speaks during emergency SC meeting on situation on Ukraine-Russia borders at UN Headquarters. Emergency Security Council meeting was convened at the request of Ukraine after Russia officially recognized breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent countries and ordered troops into those regions.

Ukraine + Tech sector job cuts + Common prosperity

MERICS China Essentials
Feb 24, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping, fourth right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, fourth left, attend talks in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022.

China-Russia + Research cooperation + EU-Africa Summit

Francesca Ghiretti
Grzegorz Stec
MERICS Europe China 360°
Feb 17, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo prior to their talks in Beijing.

Ukraine and Taiwan: two conflict zones with destabilizing potential

Hanns W. Maull
Comment
Feb 04, 2022
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China opts for optimism in 2021 Russian security strategy reading

Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova
Comment
Aug 31, 2021
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