China's Growing Influence Over a Sanctioned Russia

China and Russia are friends, but China now has more power in their relationship.

Russia needs China for trade because other countries have stopped buying from them.

China sells Russia goods and buys their resources, like oil.

But, Russia is more reliant on China than the other way around.

China is cautious about getting too involved with Russia's problems, like the war in Ukraine.

This makes Russia, in many ways, the less powerful partner.