“A positive bilateral relationship between China and Russia is critical for their economic survival. One has a very important interest in the survival of the other; this is not going to change. It’s a simple, geographic fact.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is quoted in the article “How China is secretly arming Russia” on The Telegraph.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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