Russian aggression towards Ukraine this past year has seen Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, lambasted by Western leaders. China has desisted from such criticism and instead signed two major gas deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, co-operated in establishing a new development bank, and conducted joint military exercises. For some, Russia and China’s co-operation demonstrates their potential to challenge the global order. But in reality Russia’s pivot east faces too many hurdles to represent a viable alternative to working with the West.
俄羅斯總統弗拉迪米爾•普丁(Vladimir Putin)因俄在過去一年裏對烏克蘭的入侵而遭到西方領導人抨擊。中國不但一直避免展開這樣的批評，而且與俄簽署了兩份價值數千億美元的重要天然氣協議，併合作建立一家新的開發銀行，以及展開聯合軍事演習。一些人士認爲，俄中合作展示出兩國有挑戰全球秩序的潛力。但實際上，俄將戰略重心東移面臨太多的障礙，很難成爲可替代其與西方合作的可行選擇。
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