Beijing and Moscow have drawn closer in recent years, ramping up cooperation as part of what they call a “no limits” relationship, acting as a counterweight to the global dominance of the United States. China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week becoming the highest- ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, tensions between China and the West have risen as Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and provided diplomatic cover by blasting Western sanctions and arms sales to Kyiv.

