China's Resource Risks

For China, Russia reduces geopolitical risks but creates others. Take Russia’s political system, for example. Chinese officials may not always be on the same page as their Russian partners on all issues, but a Russia under Putin’s rule is preferable to the tinderbox that might ignite without him, some Chinese observers believe. In late September 2026, Russia held elections for the State Duma, the lower house of their parliament. Chinese observers followed the predictable resu