China certainly played a role, but Russia didn’t adapt solely because of China. Russia was preparing for this eventuality since at least 2014, and has now become largely an autarky in terms of all the necessities. Russia also does large amounts of trade with Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America. On top of that, standard of living in Russia is now growing which means rise in consumption which creates a market for China. Russia is not as big as the US, but it’s still a market of of over 143 million. The economies of countries in ASEAN are rapidly growing as well. I expect that’s where China will be refocusing trade along with boosting domestic consumption.
I don’t think we can directly compare. Russia adapted because of China. China filled the gap. Russia cannot reciprocate in this way.
China certainly played a role, but Russia didn’t adapt solely because of China. Russia was preparing for this eventuality since at least 2014, and has now become largely an autarky in terms of all the necessities. Russia also does large amounts of trade with Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America. On top of that, standard of living in Russia is now growing which means rise in consumption which creates a market for China. Russia is not as big as the US, but it’s still a market of of over 143 million. The economies of countries in ASEAN are rapidly growing as well. I expect that’s where China will be refocusing trade along with boosting domestic consumption.