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Sino-Russia ties: A Thai perspective

This photo dated March 21, 2023, shows a Russian flag in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, across from the Amur River in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China. Last week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping used two days of talks in Moscow to firmly align with Russia against the US.  (Photo: Bloomberg)

Watching Sino-Russia relations from Beijing gives off a different feeling altogether.

Truth be told, the evolution of Sino-Russian ties has always bewildered Thai people because of their common ideological pathways and diversities, coupled with their long history of chequered relationships. A whole generation of Thais was brought up thinking that the two formed the world's most powerful communist bloc. They presumed the two systems were the same.

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