China Is Eating Russia’s Lunch in the Defense Market

New America Strategist Peter W. Singer and Thomas Corbett examine China and Russia's defense relationship in Defense One.

In the new Sino-Russian defense relationship, China does what it wants, and there isn’t a whole lot Russia can do about it. Xi Jingping’s recent visit to Moscow—his first since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine last year—was summed up by historian Sergey Radchenko in this way: “The summit can be summarised by the Chinese saying 雷声大雨点小 (Loud thunder but few raindrops). Scratch that, even the thunder wasn’t all that loud.” 

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