Kim, Patricia M.   <br/><br/>
The limits of the no-limits partnership: China and Russia can’t be split, but they can be thwarted 

 - Foreign Affairs 
 - 102(2), Mar-Apr, 2023: p.94-105 
<br/><br/>  On February 4, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. After talks, the two sides released a joint statement declaring that China and Russia’s bilateral partnership was greater than a traditional alliance and that their friendship would know “no limits.” Twenty days later, Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin’s brazen gambit immediately cast scrutiny on Beijing; many observers perceived that it had backed Putin’s offensive or, at best, willfully ignored it. Russia’s tight embrace of China since then comes as no surprise, given its dire need for. – Reproduced