Russia and China’s Special Relationship | The New Silk Road | Full Episode

Russia and China two of the world's largest superpowers are drawing closer together through joint military exercises mega infrastructure projects and a united front against American protectionism amid escalating tensions between China and the US over the trade war Moscow and Beijing have strengthened their relations with the strategic partnership and I'm here in Russia to examine the nature of this geopolitical alliance and its impact for the rest of the world a Belton Road initiative linking China and Russia has sparked celebration and concern rival powers Russia and China Russia and with China Russia or China in my journey along the road to Russia I'll visit China's border cities with Russia I'll discover the splendors Mongolia with its untapped riches mysterious Uzbekistan - it's stunning cities and I'll explore the Kremlin and the power it wheels this is my journey through one of China's key economic corridors on its belton Road I've been traveling along one of China's key economic corridors and I've arrived at the end of the line in Russia today Russia and China have what they call a strategic partnership there's lots that Moscow and Beijing work together on but defense and trade are at the heart of it in exchange for Russia's valuable resources China has been providing its neighbor with advanced machinery and technology including the tools to develop a 5g network it has also invested billions of dollars in Belton road projects across the country I'm about to check out two of Beijing's latest contributions to the country Russian President Vladimir Putin has even described them as being able to make him smile these two are what the fuss is all about Rui and ding-ding the latest additions to Moscow Zoo who made their debut here four months ago flown in all the way from China they are here on a 15-year loan one that involves a considerable investment on the zoo's part having these cute cuddly creatures comes at a hefty price the zoo has to pay China a million US dollars annually for the next 15 years and that's not including the millions they have to spend to maintain these enclosures and the cost of importing bamboo it sounds like quite a lot to bear just for two bears even then Svetlana khulafa the zoo's director has taken quite a liking to the furry foreigners what are the challenges you think you'll encounter raising the pandas here outside of China Viagem Imanol artistic at iranian regime he was a bottom sahaj appearance of nasa satrughna caleb is a javascript i abou Charlie's orbit on my member alicia oppa treat Sydney I am NOT video monitoring officials Diana pitifully just go at Agra training the resolution insert a picture it's a usual musician ID probly as I shot Nachiketa skin carrying on Python opiate nameste battery acid IG Janna dished off station Ghidorah kita boat resource at Nemo Chennai team symmetric given all the money that you spent to prepare for the arrival of the pandas and the millions more that you'll have to spend are you confident that you will break even not Jim Stowers toe up sheet at project proposal I took Scott kniffen Ashoka looked at a niblets a finance firm he came to a big family finance WIMP reactant at solution record an asset anoche operty sat witnessed merged or nasha my colleague a Makita ear AC today there are only 27 zoos outside China that have pandas China reserves the animals exclusively for countries it deems as being friendly for centuries it sent pandas to sweeten relations with his allies but recently panda diplomacy is stirring up some unexpected controversy shortly before ruyi and ding-dings unveiling at Moscow zoo the arrival of pandas to another zoo in Copenhagen Denmark sparked an outcry at the heart of the protests a concern that the Panda gifts would taint the government's position on China especially on issues like human rights and Tibet more recently the birth of twin panda cubs in Germany also triggered debate regarding the country's position on the 2019 Hong Kong protests in Russia the pandas don't quite carry the same sort of baggage Rapira pusher community store prices cocoon Korea dr. Prasad nutri strongly signa asteroids of nutri strongly he resists cathedrals animal t-shirts over multiplet each ski process of Keita after a prisoner Cessna Arminius reduced equation - bullsh Registry his Cavani Selenia rob xie mini he was pretty mad brynnie a punt moscow schemes a park katana private pond the print is perceivable showing interest the Russian reception to the pandas speaks much about relations between Russia and China in recent times the ties are good and good ties are good for business in 2014 Russian and Chinese companies pull together over 100 million dollars to set up the Russia China Business Park in st. Petersburg it's 10 hectares large the size of 20 football fields chuncho gang runs the place he's showing me what he feels is its centerpiece a permanent exhibition dedicated to China's belton road to find this can we break this open I think it's cause for a celebration how does your Park help Chinese businesses set up their companies here in Russia all associate Renoir from what I lost Toshi arica yo leader she wouldn't say she she should sue you and foul tongue kinguin unio power you inform enter then when she won Toshi ostrich audio Jim hi Julie oh gee how did you park contribute to China's news of world plans the moody nachos apart etai yo Chang ji Hyuk wanna say real gung ho to Guang nan gojong lost su coche anna kokin-chan ta da ming tsai de Chasseur so from what i hear a lot honey I want Mahina her G by D tau christian de vue de lys region code on the london serum boho zhang zhehan ba we are gentlemen : many of these important conversations happen at Qin Shihuang a restaurant located right at the center of the park named after China's first emperor it aims to provide a regal setting for political and business discussions over the past 15 years foreign direct investment into Russia has averaged over 5 billion dollars annually reaching a record high of 40 billion in 2013 so this huge dining hall is where many important deals get inked and business is thriving I came here expecting just another Industrial Park like the ones I visited over the past five years exploring the New Silk Road but instead of offices and factories this place is mostly exhibition halls at its core there's a strong focus on promoting cross-cultural understanding between the Russians and Chinese [Music] after a walk through the exhibits explaining China's belt and road initiative Russian visitors will get to the softer aspects of China's global mega plan for example they can immerse themselves in different Chinese art forms from calligraphy to music in martial arts for special business guests Jin Lai the wife of mr. Cheung even conducts tea appreciation courses it's just one of the soft Power Cells that Chinese make to promote business friendships and an understanding of Chinese culture that's a lot of work for two small cups of tea almost China butenes Egyptian Changsha the way about functional Nepal judge hatha yoga for Joomla yes your honor sure so here they go go chill that's good that's good the Chinese who work in saint-petersburg also experience a fun way of learning the Russian language through russian opera [Music] why is promoting cross cultural relations important for your company Estonian language and Antonio charity Raja chigusa show too much adenosine Antonio geology in hydrogen donor which inside Maui codes central converters a Romanian you didn't Toshio Jamaica so high no la Aguada Tazawa chia-chia una de go to Casa de feu Robinson rien Sifu Mallan penguin O'Hara are by our bio sugar one a question sure sorry shoot water shots of Amanda take a young Sierra Nevada found honey yeah sure sure William water in watch the edge again that your entry from how they differed hydrangea she gonna go to de de Jamaica Jolie all day looking higher yoshiyama regions are young Lena from Volodya the Russia China business parks efforts to promote trade and commerce between the two countries were driven almost entirely by the private sector now the governments of both countries are also looking to ramp up such initiatives and that has raised eyebrows around the world [Music] I'm in the mighty Kremlin along with centuries-old cathedrals and towers this massive complex houses the Grand Kremlin palace this is the official residence of President Putin previously the Kremlin was the seat of power of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991 the Soviet Union may be gone but the communist ideology around here is still very much alive and it's not the Russians that are fueling the interest some of the Chinese visitors are here for very specialized kind of sightseeing they're on a red tour a tour that explores the shared communist history and ideologies between Russia and China I visit a red tour site on the outskirts of Moscow that was commissioned by President Xi Jinping it's a museum dedicated to the 6th Chinese Communist Party Congress which was held in this very building nine decades ago mossie and Jin the museum's deputy director tells me the story of how China's early communist leaders like Jo Enlai were forced to seek political refuge here in 1928 following a failed revolution which claimed the lives of 5000 of their comrades they had a meeting in this very room to address their mistakes in this historic gathering they devised a new strategy which eventually led them to defeat China's Nationalist government 20 years later why is the sixth Chinese Communist Party Congress in 1928 such an important event for the Chinese to mow do da Shizuka to Omaha Tiger to all communities hollers over chocolate Oreo he had at home dog hi do ye two more coming to this house we have goshawk tweedle to uncommon effusion tonight oratorio hey sumo banana like cancer father huh tie some welcoming her to more immediate attention don't follow the territorial show you try to your furniture that I Yi do use two more Raymond Ariana your faith on Sophia recently there is a trend of red tours where Chinese tourists go to visit sites and learn about the shared communist history between China and Russia in your view why do these Chinese tourists go on these tours Commissioner serve wha Tomoko dimensional Bureau star in control what our cabinet years how the audience really sir gentlemen - a guy seems to know Johnny Joe Melva Tashi Delek I can na ma said Anna tomorrow morning if you ha don was the general children in the face - yeah namaho to mérida go Jimmy huh Davalos Allah kind fan coming he changed our whole shorts a daughter Chandra wen hua time attention how many yeah Segura shorts daughter right so you cry this video today nearly three decades after the end of the Cold War the former communist comrades have returned to being allies in a very different sort of war amid escalating tensions between China and the United States over unresolved trade disputes presidency and Putin close ranks in June this year to denounce what they call the hegemonic dominance of the international system why is Russia taken China side in the issue of the trade war I see Korea ricean moistness Castro regime is animal lost or Nikita America and Nikita escaped our GU economy Katrina receives danila aunty American school Pazuzu he actually witnessed Oh auntie Americans kappa jesus of per diet skip s capacity but a most prominent news caster only America Naru salah/prayer Allah Misner augment our goalie yalla is posed with economics key instrument a leopard Eugenia political instrument Jeopardy Virginia so it's up to me who can a miscue interiors of paya Tamura he is just a novice McHugh's epidural acute I feel prettiest approach of Americans kept on each kill in recent months Moscow support for Beijing has certainly gone beyond just rhetoric when China was forced to look for alternative sources of meat when it's trade talks with the US fell through Russia was quick to fill in the gap [Music] the turkeys ovo group was one of the first food companies in Russia to start exporting meat to China it's seeking to capitalize on both the trade war as well as the recent swine fever outbreak in China which greatly affected China's meat supply [Music] I learned from Andre download Turkey's OVAs chief analytical officer that his company has been tasked to help Russia meet a national target of supplying China with 48,000 tons of meat by 2020 it's currently shipping more than three thousand tons of chicken to China every month China has a population ten times that of Russia's are you confident that your company will be able to continue to provide meat for both the domestic market and now this emerging market in China I think that China is going to be in top three destination for Russian poultry this year and Russia is going to send 40 14 thousand tons of meat but altogether but in the future this volume can be provided by our company alone because turkey is the biggest me trade you say hey in Russia and this year we are going to produce more than 1 million tonnes of meat and meat products so it's not a problem but having said that I should emphasize that we are not going to feed Chinese customers at the expense of Russian customers are you concerned that if the swine flu dies down and the issues surrounding the trade war are resolved that Russia may potentially lose China as a customer I don't think so because they have a lot of products are here which are in high demand in China and we hope very much that we do have an opportunity to send to expert pork to China as well we talk about pork feet pork ears stomachs etc which are not in high demand here in Russia so once we have a base of consumers in China I think that we are going to continue to expert spine fever or notes beefing up its neighbors meat supply isn't the only way Russia has been working with its neighbor to get through the trade war [Music] the US and its allies close his doors to following over allegations of espionage Russia welcomed the company with open arms just recently the Chinese tech giant joined forces with the Russians to develop a 5g network in the country Huawei was a casualty of the ongoing trade dispute between China and the US by welcoming Huawei to collaborate with a Russian firm MTC what message is Russia sending Peru Brazil Russia Romania not touch to Americans kept pretty vague East vaquita ski company who away at Nepal categorically economica at Park by the Buddha she no way running his booty from a producer producer a guru or a sweetie a city pet drill attack Jay nas Nikita Kuzmin Turkic internet Vichy America Boris Romania politics economics key mechanism a serve Leon United Volusia arenak get a Prince tablet I'll track you Eskimo Americans come on oboro-dono dosto who always a true new shoes resist company empties has not shared - done less at Alicia you can omit you skip vegan register company while the Russians do not appear to be concerned about issues surrounding artificial intelligence and high-tech partnerships I wonder if their commitment to these partnerships will be affected by changing global political winds if the u.s. eventually softens its approach on China will this have an impact on the current collaborations between Russia and China period shoes I meet Appa Momo veneno - Aslam linea Americans Kalina Nikita needs minutes corn is towards kita is sure to be life period actively concurrence a system to economic Akita economicus which inflows my mo GU Claude Nikita segment ad economic my booty no blue Dodge so true mr. aleko parrot forgive me and my booty MW - superiors - I concur Ian through tourism is registered same religious caste dodge to the pushed him is meaning America's capacity Paterson Akita preview trainer resist key to any yet any new who get a tow truck show producers at risk a figure at see my young sister technician and partner Amy Nika ku is mini yeah Nia everyday the reality is China views Russia as much more than a trading partner Russia's strategic location makes it a vital bridge for China to connect both the Arctic and Eurasia with the broader new Silk Road [Music] I'm in Tula Russia's armament hub the town has a strong 300 year old tradition of making weapons beginning with swords and muskets in the 1700s today it continues to produce some of the most advanced arms in the world some of that is on display here at this museum which also has some fun wargames yes oh my gosh this feels pretty left like but the town is now looking to diversify its economy and apply their Metalworks skills to other products like cars for example the local government is looking to turn tula into a hub for manufacturing tula has plenty of suitable labor and the land to go along with it this attracted great wall motors China's largest SUV producer to set up a car factory here making it the biggest Chinese investment in Russia's manufacturing industry and I have to say I'm pretty excited to be one of the first to check out this state-of-the-art SUV plant which consists of some of China's latest and most advanced manufacturing technology pretty cool opportunity these high-tech robots are working alongside Russian workers to assemble great wall motors flagship product the havel a mid-sized SUV it's currently one of the most popular automobile brands in Russia to meet the high demand the company intends to produce 150,000 hollow cars by 2020 right here in this plant I tour the factory with deputy director ivan yushkin it's been reported that your current production capacity is 80,000 cars a year but you intend to up this to 150,000 by 2020 how do you plan on doing this mission times tonight after my Billy does not know in what Sun Igarashi absolutely vital most times to Russia from abilipad rabbits national luteum National Marine code imposter stupid it means budget Willy truths about it area corrosion brother why did your company set up a factory here in Tula and what are the benefits of operating here Institute Scuba Steve Olivia's uber not run to school boost catarah Modena spasiba still tacky Lori Virginia business category Pristina styling options chromatic a pretty sudha natal squeeze em Leo Nam dolly in a log will go take it emotional go take a pause true destroy a person Allah yogi wickedness no yoga Tory pezuela Nam receive Arzo he Prasad it is dispatched new production by setting up its operations here the company has created jobs for more than 1,000 workers 90% of whom are Russians from the Tula region I'm curious to hear from the staff about what it's like to work in China's first overseas vehicle manufacturing plant where entire cars are assembled from scratch what are the benefits of working here remote is a Croat perspective remote and OPA terrible even a specific - Nikita's compressor detail I'm Nemo scope initially most of the operations here involved robots and advanced machines are you at all afraid that as your company upgrades its equipment that one day you may be at risk of losing your job this mantra I was securing of tomatoes that serves both gave results of my beliefs that would it fit which in my original call zero no true that this material night and any pure divine in nature it starts to stick that would knock edema Luigi cat or a Buddha to travel 8e solutions to it a the process but a most automobile doesn't we'll just its expansion to Russia cost great wall motors more than five hundred million dollars but it's yield is expected to be over four times more at two point six billion dollars its projects like these that remind Russia how much it is benefited from Chinese investment over the past five years [Music] in 2014 Moscow was slapped with tough sanctions by the US and its allies following its annexation of Crimea at a time when countries were closing their doors to Russia China chose to buck the trend it helped soften the impact of the sanctions on Russia's population by pumping billions of dollars into its neighbor America in Europe were unimpressed in return Russia granted the Chinese access to its prized energy sector yet released when he talked about national kita no II but national do games Tran but a most Rossio dollar due to inertia practical kita no issue a pony Europe is commercial use it as an actor American ski company to to keep the ski industry which are two traces projector across units Petrosian empower to register Akita economic agenda Ponyo it toast to kita s key investor Claude would sue a capital risky practice possibly eight Ric a rebuttal to know a mistress rain mist Regina Gaza eats perky little ghost girl William the Chinese and Russians are now in the business of distributing power but not in the political sense shipping and energy companies from both sides are involved in a mega collaboration to extract an export liquefied natural gas from Russia's Arctic region [Applause] most of this liquefied natural gas or LNG comes from Russia's Yamal Peninsula which holds one-fifth of the country's natural resources through several state-run enterprises China currently owns a 30% stake in this LNG plant which is capable of producing 57 million tons of natural gas a year it's just one of several projects China has embarked on in the Arctic in the past few years it is invested heavily in expeditions research centers and icebreakers as part of a grand strategy to develop a polar Silk Road these plans are driven by Beijing's desire to dominate the northern sea route a maritime corridor which has recently become more accessible due to climate change although the route flows along Russia's Arctic coast Moscow has encouraged China's ambitions why does Russia support China's plan to develop an Arctic Silk Road he ties the used to all got off as rubato with Prague but nos when him lead annoy shock we put plan akitaka crests of puddles plan America's Confederates a poor organizers in legacy Ypres was key resolution tower of or no Moscow go pootie Kotori Prahalad chillest literally would regime the northern sea route is a disputed area will this affect China's polar circle plans civilly mark will put Kotori Prahalad pool territory pootie returned embraces key figures in iki mes para un Pringle she traces cathederal say vitamin a plan Akita literally pretends inna cognitively out this reporter boom yummy new epidemic in which TC lutawaba organized a wide receiver and a Mirko put in which dissolution bull Sri resist cathedrals numerous private Sadler but at least you know unless the interest or no stones topic it is key in history colada Willig India Brazil she ran away register here a normal school booty from thwarting America's attempts to weaken their economies to joining forces to dominate the Arctic sino-russian cooperation is extensive and it's an alliance that's been strengthened by the close friendship between both countries presidents but it remains to be seen if this personality based diplomacy can survive the test of time I'm in st. Petersburg Russia's second largest city it's famous for its rivers which are flanked by neoclassical buildings vestiges of a bygone era [Music] it's also the hometown of Vladimir Putin the Russian president was all too happy to show his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping around when he made his eighth state visit to Russia this year they shared a private cruise along this very river and even visited mr. Putin's alma mater where the Chinese president received an honorary Doctorate but that may not have been the highlight of presidencies tour there was one attraction that he was especially eager to visit this is the aurora a decommissioned russian war cruiser which is over a hundred years old while many russians today viewed the ship as just another landmark of the city it holds a special significance among the chinese on board the ship in october 1917 the crew of the aurora launched a mutiny against their captain isara loyalists after killing him and taking over the ship they fired a shot from one of their cannons this event marked the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution some Chinese still today celebrate this event as bringing communism to China what's the significance of presidency and Putin's visit to the ship while say cheese dish or a spa stereo a leash Newport virginia thomas tour Masaru quite easily delays mini mania knows initiation atmosphere there's two stranded is fabulous why is this ship so important to the Chinese they chose Casa to watch the citations to Nikki a nourishing trip did not noise it's a crab Luka poppy remove another oblem revolution the most unique algebra values in volume couturier Laura Doster dog every meal I was precise fearlessly it was strange history hubris eg caribou Chesto leaky partial justo filarsky characteristics of which efficient use of signals to Agoda by atomo key Toscana road on his laces symbol of revolution Simula Mac tabria shops Nagoya initiative that notion solution trip it may seem as Tom Godot via PC cenastone Kadam oprah's municipality this prosto Polynesia Strobel Akita skiff or east of Des Moines asam dilution or are they pretty much the worst at each new coconuts no Marple but China's interests in Russian military vessels is not confined to just history in recent years Moscow has been equipping Beijing with its most advanced weapons and military vehicles they also hold regular joint military exercises on a massive scale the biggest of which was the 2018 Vostok wargames held across Siberia and Russia's Far East with nearly 300,000 troops as well as thousands of aircraft ships and tanks it was the biggest military drill since the Cold War these recent developments underscore a major geopolitical shift the two countries which used to regard each other as military rivals are extending their cooperation beyond economics to defense as well I managed to witness the closeness between the two militaries firsthand while travelling around st. Petersburg by chance upon a Chinese missile destroyer that had docked here it's been invited to mark Russia's naval day one of the few foreign ships to participate in the celebrations it as the change to mr. XI Akita yeast u20s Turkish capital it has not changed to me to accompany Shahid it has not changed to Miriam drug rule it has not changed Omega 2 with the sheets we sustained in territory staunchly vietnamese yesterday concerns have emerged in the u.s. in Europe over a China Russia alliance and the potential for the two giants to form a formidable geopolitical block by integrating the Eurasian Economic Union or ei EU with the belt and road initiative the ei EU is made up of Russia Armenia Belarus along with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia rapira resist Confederate spy gear sweet Palani Kataya poori lizard sikita skin sativa now poised on Apogee my purpose early in esq documentos Katarina traveling na integrator Resnick form integrity multinational Russia astronomy Jamie we do receive Akita in regime astronomy Kotori pretty much you just get asking exactly this distance kit sundry a promotion list establishes a novel poison appetite akika kozminski chakra fromage Alcoa pooch transportation cover put promotional code put attack de la pena - Taurus iski economists the issue child of consciously a critique Akitas Kings ITA the premier record I am a problem ah dr. Willa mooska no we pre hoodlum kudos to Parker Abyssinians a panda you can a mist of privilege name it do go problem are effective misty productive may be one potential way of the thinking about the China Russia relations is perhaps both these two countries will be in a block maybe some other countries for you ampere your America United States and the Europe there will be another blocks which means there will be some more confrontation between two blocks once this kind of thinking I mean to to shape the international order in future I think another will be a tragedy for fully international order because both China and also I believe also for Russia we don't want to go back to so-called Codel period so we need to try you know any kind of effort to stop any kind of visa Trent on other side I think that yes for China it need to take a conservation how could a chance to keep the balance between a different partnerships for example for China they were sure Europe and there was some other players all of them are very important partners with China both China and Russia say they are committed to a multilateral approach and are not pursuing a geopolitical bloc in the meantime the presidents of both countries have already committed to implementing the Bri in a new era of sino-russian cooperation they've met nearly 30 times in the past six years their close friendship has been widely regarded to be the pillar of the strategic partnership but I wonder whether personality based diplomacy is a durable basis for long term relations between two countries which have no unifying links such as culture I discussed this with Gong Jia Jia a senior executive at the Chinese embassy in Russia do you think that the two countries will continue to remain close and in good relations even after the two presidents are no longer in power well ke Xiuquan Italian cause a cause eilean donan know who sound felicia magic appeal oooh Kernighan because it had a go at opening which is young be true 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Zhi Zhu's curtsy vomits your cooker you don't go to encounter Foggia initiatives to promote cooperation between the younger generations of Russians and Chinese are already in place especially in the education sector I visit Lomonosov University Russia's most prestigious college lomonosov's sister Institute is the Beijing Institute of Technology and together they run joint campuses in both Russia and China the Russian campus is home to a huge Chinese exchange student population of two thousand one of the highest in the world Chinese leaders like Mao Zedong and when Chao Chao made speeches from this very campus which demonstrates the high level of engagement this Russian University has enjoyed with China in the past until today this school remains committed to promoting strong relations between the two countries the school's joint programs with China are run by former Deputy Prime Minister Sergey chakra no premier for a c.push in Syria mathematical law here in Mathematica program history 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conclude my journey at st. Petersburg's palace square it's the site of the famous Bolshevik Revolution which deposed the Tsar and triggered the spread of communism to China while the Chinese continued to use the past to reinforce ties with their neighbor they're also constantly looking towards the future and across my four country journey along the Russia China economic corridor I've had the opportunity to experience the various collaborations that are helping safeguard Beijing's long-term interests in the region [Music] at the end of it all I've come to realize that the engagements between Russia and China are a little different from other collaborations I've observed along the New Silk Road it goes beyond soft power hard infrastructure and investment the strategic partnership between the two countries represents a long-standing commitment to be allies in a contested world [Music]

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Length: 46min 58sec (2818 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 01 2019

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"special relationship" was used by Angela merkel to describe the relationship between the US and Germany which was deteriorating under Trump, which was no longer "allies", so "special relationship" connotation is actually negative.