Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.

China is helping Russia's military drone production by becoming a hub for the smuggling of critical Western components for Moscow's armed forces, Estonia's foreign intelligence said in its annual national security report published on Wednesday.

China and Russia’s 2022 proclamation of a “no limits” partnership with “no ‘forbidden’ areas” has had a far-reaching effect. The agreement implied that Beijing and Moscow were about to resurrect their long-defunct alliance that,

Tightened U.S. sanctions on Moscow have disrupted a roaring trade in discounted Russian oil to China and India, reviving demand for Middle Eastern and African crudes, roiling shipping markets and driving up oil prices.

The potential for a U.S.-Russia reset, driven by the Trump administration’s foreign policy, is creating anxiety in China, which fears a weakening of its strategic partnership with Moscow and increased geopolitical challenges.

China said it was ‘glad to see all efforts committed to peace’ by Moscow and Washington, but stressed that Ukraine must eventually be included.

Trump was wrong to say Ukraine started the war with Russia. But the main threat to the United States is the woke left, Islamists and China, not Moscow.

US President Donald Trump’s push to end the war in Ukraine appears poised to hand key concessions to Russia, leaving Kyiv and its European supporters on the sidelines as they face the prospect of a peace deal made over their heads.

China has little cause to worry about the US-Russia rapprochement, according to observers, who say the Asian neighbours' shared strategic goal to counter the West and their deep economic ties make for a partnership that is hard to break.