Richard Weitz

Image: A 2017 test of the DF-17 missile, which can carry the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle. Source: Guancha.cn).

Image: Russian and Chinese delegates in talks in 2018 to cooperate on lunar and deep space exploration (Image source: Moscow Times).

Image: A screen shot from the Twitter account of the PRC’s official Xinhua News Agency (dated June 30, 2020). PRC and Russian sources have demonstrated cooperative and mutually-reinforcing efforts in propaganda throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image source: Xinhua Twitter)

Image: Persons waiting at a border checkpoint at Suifenhe, a town along the border of China’s Heilongjiang Province and the Russian province of Primorsky Krai (undated, early-mid April). In April, Suifenhe was placed under quarantine and its port closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image source: Global Times, April 14)