Russia's Role in Potential US-CN Bipolarity

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(1) Danila Bochkarev, BRICS and Economics: It’s all about China. Voice of Russia, Apr 9, 2013.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_04_0 ... -s-all-about-China/

Quote:

(a) "The ongoing shift will most probably result in the emergence of a new China–United States bipolarity. The cooperation/competition between Washington and Beijing will shape the major global trends in the 21st century. Nevertheless, both 'superpowers' will have to take into account the interests of the other significant global poles of influence – Russia, the European Union, India, Brazil, and Japan. The US and China therefore need to start competing for the support and engagement of other important international actors, such as Russia and the EU.

(b) "Is China-Russia rapprochement an objective trend? Yes, but mostly in economics

"China-Russia rapprochement is part of the broader push by Moscow to diversify its economic and political ties. Currently it is driven more by economic rationale than by strategic imperatives. It is, therefore, safe to assume that the supply of sophisticated military hardware and technology transfers would be limited. China is rapidly emerging as one of Russia’s key competitors, often producing similar hardware. For example, many defense analysts are certain that China's J-11B fighter jet is a rip-off of Russia's Su-27.


(2) Jake Rudnitsky and Stephen Bierman, China May Be Russia’s Biggest Oil Buyer in 2018 on Rosneft Deal. Bloomberg, Apr 5, 2013.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... n-rosneft-deal.html
(Rosneft to deliver 743,000 barrels a day  starting 2018 for 25 years to CNPC, in an agreemnet signed Mar 22, 2013 in the Kremlin by the visiting Xi and Putin, which allows Rosneft to borrow $2 billion from China Development Bank)

Quote: "Germany was the biggest market for Russian crude in 2011, buying about 700,000 barrels a day, while China was fourth with less than 400,000 barrels a day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency.