Originally Posted by
Flyhighfirst
I also can’t see a joint pact between China and Russia.
I suggest that you expand your field of view. The Russians are already doing bigger energy business with China since a few years ago (see that pipline from the frozen north)
The Chinese will be the senior partner in any such partnership, yes, but Putin has been laying the pavement for that kind of thing, as has Xi, for about a decade.
Although they do have their differences.