CHINA-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP

CHINA-RUSSIA

NEWS: Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran writes: China is firmly in Russia’s corner — India needs to take note

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/former-foreign-secretary-shyam-saran-writes-china-is-firmly-in-russias-corner-india-needs-to-take-note-8540982/

CHINA-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP

• The Chinese President’s state visit to Russia is of greater significance as China is hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as China seeks to position itself as a peacemaker.

CHINA-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP

• China’s import of Russian oil has gone up by 8 percent but of natural gas by 50 percent.
• A new pipeline is being planned from the Russian Arctic gas field of Yamal to China through Mongolia. This will be the second long-distance gas pipeline,
• “The Power of Siberia 2”, bringing gas supplies to China overland.

Mains Practice Question

 The growing proximity of China with Russia increases China’s capacity to limit Russia’s engagement with India, including defence. Discuss how India can deal with this rebalancing of power taking place in the world politics.

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